A vessel associated with Colombian narco terrorists was destroyed on Friday by the DOD. Credit: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth X
Yet another vessel carrying narcoterrorists to America has been destroyed on orders from President Trump, though this time the vessel comes from a country other than Venezuela. The Secretary of Defense also has a message to these terrorists as well.
On Sunday, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that his department had blown up a ship associated with a Colombian terror group called Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) after it was caught operating in the USSOUTHCOM area.
Hegseth further revealed that a “substantial” number of narcotics were on board the vessel, and the male terrorists were on board. All were killed.
Here is the full announcement from the War Secretary, who also fired a warning to these terrorists, saying “they will be hunted, and killed, just like Al Qaeda.”
On October 17th, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), a Designated Terrorist Organization, that was operating in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility.
The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was traveling along a known narco-trafficking route, and was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics.
There were three male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel during the strike—which was conducted in international waters. All three terrorists were killed and no U.S. forces were harmed in this strike.
These cartels are the Al Qaeda of the Western Hemisphere, using violence, murder, and terrorism to impose their will, threaten our national security, and poison our people. The United States military will treat these organizations like the terrorists they are—they will be hunted, and killed, just like Al Qaeda.
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On October 17th, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN), a Designated Terrorist Organization, that was operating in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility.
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— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) October 19, 2025
As TGP readers know, the US has launched a series of attacks on narcoterrorists trafficking narcotics to the United States.
Earlier this month, Trump announced the destruction of a vessel, which was carrying a “substantial amounts of narcotics,” War Secretary Pete Hegseth said. According to President Trump, that boat was carrying “enough drugs to kill 25 TO 50 THOUSAND PEOPLE.”
Just five days ago, Trump announced another successful strike in international waters against a Venezuelan drug vessel, “affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO).” Six terrorists were killed.
President Trump also announced multiple strikes on Venezuelan drug boats last month, starting on September 2nd, when the United States executed a strike on a Venezuelan Tren de Aragua boat.
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