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U.S. President Donald Trump reported that six men were on the drug boat destroyed on the morning of Tuesday, October 14. He said they belonged to a terrorist organization, but did not specify the identity or nationality of the deceased.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced this Tuesday, October 14, that his Secretary of War, Peter Hegseth, ordered a kinetic attack against a drug boat in the Caribbean, in international waters. He said there were six men on board. However, there was no information about where the boat came from or what specific substances it was carrying.

This is the seventh vessel destroyed by US military forces. Through his social network, Truthsocial Trump explained that it was a vessel affiliated with a terrorist organization that was transporting drug trafficking in the area of responsibility of the United States Southern Command, off the coast of Venezuela.

According to information shared by the president, his country's intelligence confirmed that the boat was transporting narcotics and was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks using a maritime route linked to the aforementioned organization.

Six male narco-terrorists on board were killed. No members of the U.S. Armed Forces were injured, Trump added.

The US did not provide details about the men's nationality or the organization they were affiliated with. At the time of this writing, Venezuelan authorities had not commented on the matter.

The latest attack by U.S. military forces comes amid rising tensions between Washington and Caracas, after Donald Trump deployed and maintained ships, aircraft, submarines, and personnel in the Caribbean to combat drug trafficking, which he claims originates from the south toward his country.

Venezuelan authorities have condemned the US deployment and believe the Trump administration's real goal is to overthrow Nicolás Maduro.

With this seventh killing, the number of people killed in these anti-drug operations rises to 27, according to data provided by the US.