U.S. forces executed a kinetic strike targeting members of the Tren de Aragua narcogroup, with President Trump identifying the targets as "positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists" and linking the group to Nicolás Maduro. The operation deployed seven warships, approximately 4,500 personnel and at least one attack submarine to waters off Venezuela. Administration officials framed the mission as targeting drug trafficking and signaled ties to broader goals of regime change, noting a $50 million U.S. bounty on Maduro. U.S. commentators vowed further action against designated narco-terrorists while Maduro warned of national mobilization if attacked.
" We have assets in the air, assets in the water, assets on ships because this is a deadly serious mission for us, and it won't stop ... with just this strike," Hegseth said Wednesday morning on Fox News. "Anyone else trafficking in those waters who we know is a designated narco-terrorist will face the same fate," he added. Catch up quick: Trump similarly warned on Truth Social for "anybody even thinking about bringing drugs" into the U.S. to "BEWARE!"
"President Trump on Tuesday said the deadly "kinetic strike" targeted "positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists," reiterating the disputed claim that Maduro controls the multinational crime organization. The U.S. operation, which officials said is targeting drug trafficking, is threaded with hopes of regime change, Axios' Marc Caputo previously reported, as Maduro lives under the U.S. government's $50 million bounty. Driving the news:"
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