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U.S. military forces have stuck another alleged drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean, destroying the vessel and killing all six aboard — as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced he’s sent a massive aircraft carrier to the region.
Hegseth announced the boat strike in a social media post claiming his department had carried out what he called a “lethal kinetic strike” on the vessel, which he claimed had been operated by members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.
Writing on X, he claimed the boat had been “known by our int
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