Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issues stark warning to drug traffickers following US military strike on Venezuelan vessel, confirms 11 suspected Tren de Aragua cartel members killed in military operation.
FOX NEWS -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a deadly warning to drug traffickers Wednesday as he shared details about a U.S. military strike that destroyed a Venezuelan drug boat in the Caribbean, killing 11 suspected Tren de Aragua narco-terrorists.
"It's a new day. It's a different day, and… this is an activity the United States is not going to tolerate in our hemisphere," Hegseth said on "Fox & Friends."
Venezuela's Minister of Communication and Information Freddy Nanez dismissed video of the attack as AI-generated, an accusation Hegseth dismissed.