The U.S. military killed three men in a strike on a suspected drug vessel in international waters in the Caribbean on Thursday (November 6), U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.

Hegseth, said in a post on social media website X that the vessel was operated by a "Designated Terrorist Organization" but provided no further evidence. His post included a 20-second video clip, marked unclassified, of a boat in the water that gets struck by a munition and explodes.

The military action was the latest of more than a dozen U.S. strikes since September on vessels near the Venezuelan coast and, more recently, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, that have killed more than 60 people.

Reuters was not able to independently verify the location or the date when the video was filmed. Upon checking this footage, no old results were found.

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US kills three in strike on alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean

VIDEO SHOWS: SOCIAL MEDIA POST FROM U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY, VIDEO SHOWING REPORTED STRIKE

- Location and date not verified

SHOWS: INTERNET (NOVEMBER 6, 2025) (SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - Access all) (MUTE)

1. SOCIAL MEDIA POST FROM U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH THAT READS (English):

"As we’ve said before, vessel strikes on narco-terrorists will continue until their the poisoning of the American people stops. Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. The vessel was trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean and was struck in international waters. No U.S. forces were harmed in the strike, and three male narco-terrorists — who were aboard the vessel — were killed. To all narco-terrorists who threaten our homeland: if you want to stay alive, stop trafficking drugs. If you keep trafficking deadly drugs—we will kill you."

GIVEN AS CARIBBEAN SEA (RELEASED NOVEMBER 6, 2025) (SECRETARY OF WAR PETE HEGSETH VIA X - Must on-screen courtesy Secretary of War Pete Hegseth via X) (MUTE)

2. VIDEO SHOWING REPORTED STRIKE ON ALLEGED DRUG VESSEL