News
  • Login
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Worklife
  • Travel
  • Reel
  • Future
  • More
Saturday, October 4, 2025
No Result
View All Result

NEWS

3 °c
London
8 ° Wed
9 ° Thu
11 ° Fri
13 ° Sat
  • Home
  • Video
  • World
    • All
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • Europe
    • Latin America
    • Middle East
    • US & Canada

    Fatal attack revives debate over controversial shark nets in Australia

    At least 30 injured in Russian strike on railway station, Zelensky says

    ‘We need hospitals more than football stadiums’

    Sanae Takaichi set to become Japan’s first female prime minister

    Munich airport resumes flights after suspected drones force closure

    Four killed in latest US strike on alleged drug vessel near Venezuela

    Shock in Gaza as Trump appears to welcome Hamas response to US peace plan

    Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to over 4 years in prison

    Animal bones found in search for girl who vanished 55 years ago

  • UK
    • All
    • England
    • N. Ireland
    • Politics
    • Scotland
    • Wales

    Teen jailed in Dubai dies in London police chase

    Met Police make 175 arrests

    Widespread damage as Storm Amy ‘hit harder’ than expected

    Cardiff Half Marathon 2025 – the stories behind the strides

    About 18,000 homes in Northern Ireland still without electricity as Storm Amy hits

    The battle is on for the Tories to show they matter

    Teenage girls detained for killing man in Islington street attack

    Road and rail disruption as Storm Amy approaches

    Engineer’s dignity ‘may have been violated’ in toilet incident, tribunal hears

  • Business
    • All
    • Companies
    • Connected World
    • Economy
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Global Trade
    • Technology of Business

    How has the JLR shutdown affected Wolverhampton?

    GWR fined £1m over train passenger’s death in Bath

    Central Co-op and Midcounties Co-operative in merger discussions

    True cost of becoming a mum highlighted in new data on pay

    Thames Water lenders submit rescue plan to stave off collapse

    Supreme Court rules Lisa Cook can stay in Federal Reserve role for now

    Tesco boss warns Reeves against further business taxes

    Greggs set to raise prices again in response to cost pressures, says CEO

    University graduates urged to look local for best chance at jobs

  • Tech
  • Entertainment & Arts

    Dancers say Lizzo ‘needs to be held accountable’ over harassment claims

    Freddie Mercury: Contents of former home being sold at auction

    Harry Potter and the Cursed Child marks seven years in West End

    Sinéad O’Connor: In her own words

    Tom Jones: Neighbour surprised to find singer in flat below

    BBC presenter: What is the evidence?

    Watch: The latest on BBC presenter story… in under a minute

    Watch: George Alagiah’s extraordinary career

    BBC News presenter pays tribute to ‘much loved’ colleague George Alagiah

    Excited filmgoers: 'Barbie is everything'

  • Science
  • Health
  • In Pictures
  • Reality Check
  • Have your say
  • More
    • Newsbeat
    • Long Reads

NEWS

No Result
View All Result
Home World Latin America

Four killed in latest US strike on alleged drug vessel near Venezuela

October 4, 2025
in Latin America
3 min read
242 11
0
491
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


US forces have killed four people in an attack on a boat off the coast of Venezuela that was allegedly trafficking drugs, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says.

“The strike was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics – headed to America to poison our people,” Hegseth wrote in a post on X.

It is the latest in a number of recent deadly strikes that the US has carried out on boats in international waters it says are involved in “narco-trafficking”.

The strikes have attracted condemnation in countries including Venezuela and Colombia, with some international lawyers describing the strikes as a breach of international law.

Hegseth said the attack took place in the US Southern Command’s area of responsibility, which covers most of South America and the Caribbean.

“Our intelligence, without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics, the people onboard were narco-terrorists, and they were operating on a known narco-trafficking transit route,” Hegseth said about Friday’s attack.

“These strikes will continue until the attacks on the American people are over!!!!”

US President Trump also confirmed the strike on his Truth Social platform, saying that the boat was carrying enough drugs “to kill 25 to 50 thousand people”.

However, the US has not provided evidence for its claims or any information about the identities of those on board.

There was no immediate response from Venezuela but its president, Nicolás Maduro, has previously condemned the strikes and said his country will defend itself against US “aggression”.

Friday’s fatal attack is the fourth by the US in a month.

Trump said 11 people had been killed in a strike against a drug-carrying vessel in the southern Caribbean at the start of September.

Later in the month, two separate strikes days apart killed a total of six people.

This Thursday, a leaked memo sent to Congress – reported by US media – said the US government had now decided it was in a “non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels.

This is significant because the administration is required by law to report to Congress if it will use the armed forces, which suggests it plans to use further military action.

The US positioned its strikes on alleged drug boats as self-defence, despite many lawyers questioning their legality.

Framing this as an active armed conflict is likely a way for Trump to justify using more extreme wartime powers – for example killing “enemy fighters” even if they have not posed a violent threat, or detaining people indefinitely. These are similar powers to those applied to al-Qaeda after 9/11.

Trump has not provided the reasoning for why he appears to be categorising drug trafficking and associated crimes as an “armed attack”, or named which cartels he believes are attacking the US.

He has already designed many cartels, including in Mexico, Ecuador and Venezuela, as terrorist organisations – granting US authorities more powers in their response to them.



Source link

Related Posts

Senior Venezuelan gang member captured in Colombia

October 3, 2025
0

The alleged leader of Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Aragua's armed wing has been captured in a joint operation...

Hurricane season brings financial fears in the Caribbean

October 2, 2025
0

Gemma HandyBusiness reporter, St Johns, Antigua Getty ImagesHomes in Barbuda were flattened by 2017's Hurricane IrmaFor some Barbudans, thunderstorms...

UN approves larger force to combat Haiti gang violence

October 1, 2025
0

The United Nations Security Council has approved a much larger international security force for Haiti to tackle escalating gang...

  • Australia helicopter collision: Mid-air clash wreckage covers Gold Coast

    520 shares
    Share 208 Tweet 130
  • UK inflation: Supermarkets say price rises will ease soon

    513 shares
    Share 205 Tweet 128
  • Ballyjamesduff: Man dies after hit-and-run in County Cavan

    510 shares
    Share 204 Tweet 128
  • Somalia: Rare access to its US-funded 'lightning commando brigade

    508 shares
    Share 203 Tweet 127
  • Google faces new multi-billion advertising lawsuit

    508 shares
    Share 203 Tweet 127
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest

Australia helicopter collision: Mid-air clash wreckage covers Gold Coast

January 10, 2023

UK inflation: Supermarkets say price rises will ease soon

April 19, 2023

Ballyjamesduff: Man dies after hit-and-run in County Cavan

August 19, 2022

Stranger Things actor Jamie Campbell Bower praised for addiction post

0

NHS to close Tavistock child gender identity clinic

0

Cold sores traced back to kissing in Bronze Age by Cambridge research

0

Teen jailed in Dubai dies in London police chase

October 4, 2025

How has the JLR shutdown affected Wolverhampton?

October 4, 2025

Unpicking Trump’s Gaza peace plan map

October 4, 2025

Categories

England

Teen jailed in Dubai dies in London police chase

October 4, 2025
0

Greg Mckenzie andChirag TrivediLondonPA MediaMarcus Fakana was jailed for six months in Dubai before his release in JulyA British...

Read more

How has the JLR shutdown affected Wolverhampton?

October 4, 2025
News

Copyright © 2020 JBC News Powered by JOOJ.us

Explore the JBC

  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Worklife
  • Travel
  • Reel
  • Future
  • More

Follow Us

  • Home Main
  • Video
  • World
  • Top News
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Tech
  • UK
  • In Pictures
  • Health
  • Reality Check
  • Science
  • Entertainment & Arts
  • Login

Copyright © 2020 JBC News Powered by JOOJ.us

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
News
More Sites

    MORE

  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Worklife
  • Travel
  • Reel
  • Future
  • More
  • News

    JBC News