The U.S. president said that no U.S. personnel were injured in the action and issued a warning to drug traffickers.
A Venezuelan drug cartel vessel headed to the United States burns following a U.S. military strike, the second such strike carried out against a suspected drug boat in recent weeks, a still from video released on Sept. 15, 2025. President Donald Trump via Truth Social via Reuters
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Three people were killed in a U.S. strike on a Venezuelan drug boat, President Donald Trump announced on Sept. 15.
It is the second such strike in less than two weeks.
Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
