US Military Strikes Drug-Carrying Cartel Boat From Venezuela, Killing 11 Narcoterrorists

Trump sent a clear message. And, of course, Democrats are bewailing the death of these murderers. Democrats take the wrong side on every issue. They’re really insane.

And just like that President Trump now has Democrats mourning the deaths of Venezuelan narcoterrorists. pic.twitter.com/2Ju3vpQEjP

— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) September 3, 2025

Well done. Thank you, President Trump.

@POTUS: We just, over the last few minutes, shot out a drug-carrying boat… and there’s more where that came from… These came out of Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/JlurCZWBpG

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 2, 2025

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— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) September 2, 2025

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— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 2, 2025

As the administration gets serious about the drug cartels, including cartel leader Nicolás Maduro. Salem News Channel: The U.S. military killed 11 people on Tuesday in a strike on a vessel from Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal narcotics, President Donald Trump said, in the first known operation since his administration’s recent deployment of warships to the southern Caribbean. Trump told reporters at the White House: “We just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a boat, a drug-carrying boat, a lot of drugs in that boat.” “And there’s more where that came from. We have a lot of drugs pouring into our country, coming in for a long time … These came out of Venezuela,” Trump said (SNC). Trump: The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike. Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE! (Truth). Spectator reports on the broader effort: A 2,500-strong Marine Expeditionary Unit on board three powerful amphibious warfare vessels carrying some 40 helicopters and other vertical take-off and landing aircraft is clearly intended for an eventual capture and extraction of Maduro, for whom the Trump administration is offering a $50 million bounty. The hope is that the military pressure, combined with the generous reward offers for Maduro, will entice his interior minister, Diosdado Cabello, and the defense minister, Padrino López, and other members of Venezuela’s high command to turn him over through a bloodless coup, opening the way for democratic government. In a direct appeal to Venezuela’s armed forces released on video, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, “You are the only ones who can avoid a bloodbath” (Spectator).

Dramatic footage shows US strike that obliterated ‘drug-carrying boat’ off Venezuela, killing 11 Tren de Aragua ‘Narcoterrorists’

By Zoe Hussain and Shane Galvin, NY Post, September. 2, 2025

President Trump shared dramatic footage of the US military obliterating a boat carrying drugs and Tren de Aragua gangbangers off the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday.

The video showed the small boat being blown out of international waters and exploding into flames after it was struck by a single missile, killing all aboard.

Trump said the boat was occupied by 11 “Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists” and was en route to the US when it was blown to smithereens.

“TDA is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, operating under the control of Nicolas Maduro, responsible for mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and acts of violence and terror across the United States and Western Hemisphere,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike. Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE!”

This is the first known attack on a cartel since Trump authorized the military to carry out such operations earlier this year.

The region is a major exporter of cocaine, but initial statements did not reveal the type of drug or drugs that the boat was smuggling.

Trump in late August deployed three guided-missile destroyers and about 4,000 Marines to the Venezuelan coast — prompting the country’s authoritarian left-wing leader Nicolas Maduro to mobilize millions of militia members and claim an invasion was imminent

The Trump administration has branded the Cuba-aligned strongman, in power since 2013, as a drug cartel leader and fugitive from justice.

The US government in early August offered a $50 million reward for information leading to Maduro’s arrest.

On Monday, Maduro accused the US of seeking a regime change in his country amid a naval buildup in the Caribbean.

“They are seeking a regime change through military threat,” Maduro told journalists, officials and uniformed military brass in Caracas, echoing comments last week by his government’s representative at the United Nations.

“Venezuela is confronting the biggest threat that has been seen on our continent in the last 100 years,” Maduro said. “A situation like this has never been seen.”

Maduro said Venezuela was “super prepared” and would not bow to threats from the US.

“Maduro’s reign of terror is ending,” a source close to the administration told The Post Tuesday in response to the strike.

“And President Trump’s historic mission to secure the Western Hemisphere is just getting started.”