Because September, Head Of State Donald Trump and Protection Assistant Pete Hegseth have actually purchased questionable army strikes versus watercrafts in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
The Trump management has actually affirmed with little proof that the watercrafts were contraband medications from Venezuela and Colombia. The project thus far has actually eliminated greater than 50 individuals, according to authorities.
Head Of State Donald Trump and Protection Assistant Pete Hegseth participate in a closet conference at the White Residence in Washington, October 9, 2025.
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Venezuelan and Colombian leaders have actually shot down the management’s premises for the strikes and pounded Trump for his army activity.
On Capitol Hillside, some leaders from both events have actually wondered about the validity of the strikes and whether the head of state has the constitutional power to accredit them.
Right here is a timeline of the procedure:
Sept. 2, 2025
Trump messages video clip on his social media sites system of what he states is a strike on a watercraft bring medications to the united state. The head of state states the 11 “Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists” aboard were eliminated which they were running under the control of Venezuelan Head of state Nicolás Maduro.
Maduro refutes the accusations.
Sept. 15, 2025:
Trump introduces a 2nd strike apparently eliminates 3 individuals in the Caribbean.
The head of state states in a social networks blog post there were “3 male terrorists eliminated at work.”
Head Of State Donald Trump and United States Assistant of Protection Pete Hegseth participate in a roundtable with the Homeland Protection Job Pressure in the State Dining-room of the White Residence in Washington, October 23, 2025.
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When asked by press reporters concerning the strike, Trump states the event happened in worldwide waters and urged “we have evidence” that the watercraft was bring medications due to the freight in the sea.
” Huge bags of drug and fentanyl everywhere,” he states.
Sept. 19, 2025:
3 individuals are eliminated in a 3rd strike in the Caribbean.
Trump declares they were benefiting an undefined “marked terrorist company.”
The head of state supplies little information concerning the procedure yet states knowledge showed the vessel was trafficking medications and was “transiting along a recognized narcotrafficking flow enroute to poisonous substance Americans.”
Oct. 3, 2025:
The head of state exposes a 4th strike eliminates 4 individuals he declares were “male narcoterrorists.”
Trump declares the watercraft was “packed with adequate medications to eliminate 25 TO 50 THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS.”
Colombian Head of state Gustavo Petro messages on X that individuals on the watercraft were really from Colombia.
A picture from a video clip launched by Head of state Donald Trump on his Reality Social account, declares to reveal a dangerous kinetic strike on a vessel simply off the Coastline of Venezuela, Oct. 14, 2025.
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Oct. 14, 2025:
The head of state utilizes his speech to commemorate the 250th wedding anniversary of the Navy to disclose a 5th strike that apparently eliminates 6 guys in the Caribbean.
Trump declares knowledge revealed the vessel was “trafficking narcotics” and “was related to illegal narcoterrorist networks.”
Oct. 16, 2025:
A strike that struck a watercraft in the Caribbean had sticking around results after it was disclosed there were survivors.
Head of state Donald Trump talks in the Oval Workplace of the White Residence, Oct. 16, 2025, in Washington.
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Video clip launched by the Protection Division reveals a semi-submersible that Trump declares was “packed up” with fentanyl. 2 of the 4 individuals in the vessel are eliminated.
Both survivors, that Trump recognizes as terrorists, were launched to Colombia and Ecuador within hours, a step that stops them from objecting their apprehension in court.
United State Navy Vice Adm. Alvin Holsey, army replacement leader, united state Southern Command, affirms prior to the Us senate Board on Armed Solutions at a verification hearing in Washington, Sept. 12, 2024.
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The very same day, Adm. Alvin Holsey, the Southern Command principal that supervises army procedures in the area, introduces he’s tipping down after much less than a year in the blog post.
Oct. 17, 2025:
Hegseth introduces a 7th strike in the Caribbean and declares 3 guys with connections to Colombian horror teams were eliminated in worldwide waters.
Assistant of Battle Pete Hegseth introduced on his X account that the Division of Battle carried out a dangerous kinetic strike on a vessel being run by a Designated Terrorist Company and performing narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific on Oct. 21, 2022.
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Oct. 21, 2025
The procedure targets its initial watercraft in the Pacific Sea, eliminating 2 individuals.
Hegseth states the 8th strike took place in the waters west of Central America.
Oct. 22, 2025
The management proceeds its strikes in the Pacific with a nine strike on a watercraft.
Hegseth states the vessel was delivering narcotics and states 3 guys were eliminated.
Assistant of Battle, Pete Hegseth published on his X account that the Division of Battle accomplished a dangerous kinetic strike on over night on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea, Oct. 24, 2025.
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Oct. 24, 2025
6 individuals are eliminated when a watercraft is struck off the shore off Venezula in the 10th strike in the procedure.
Hegseth states the target was an affirmed medication vessel run by Tren de Aragua.
The united state has actually accomplished strikes versus 4 even more claimed medication vessels in the Eastern Pacific, Protection Assistant Pete Hegseth introduced Oct. 28, 2025, eliminating 14 individuals.
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Oct. 27, 2025
In the greatest strike to day, 14 individuals are eliminated in the Eastern Pacific, according to the protection assistant.
Hegseth states the united state targeted 4 affirmed medication watercrafts in 3 collaborated strikes.
The united state has actually accomplished strikes versus 4 even more claimed medication vessels in the Eastern Pacific, Protection Assistant Pete Hegseth introduced Oct. 28, 2025, eliminating 14 individuals.
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One survivor is reported, according to Hegseth. The Mexican navy and the united state Coastline Guard state they are looking for the survivor.
