White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing at the White House on Dec. 1, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that U.S. forces conducted a second strike on a drug boat in the Caribbean Sea on Sept. 2, amid growing scrutiny of the military operation.
Last week, The Washington Post was the first to report that U.S. forces who had attacked a drug boat on Sept. 2 had ordered a second strike after observing at least two survivors clinging to the wreckage of the destroyed vessel. The outlet raised the prospect that such a follow-on strike may constitute a war crime, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have since vowed to probe the incident.
