US launches 10th strike on alleged smuggling boat | JQJO

The United States carried out its 10th missile strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel, killing six and pushing the campaign’s known death toll to 43. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the nighttime attack on social media, saying President Donald Trump authorized the strike in international waters in the Caribbean and identifying the dead as members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, without providing evidence. As the Pentagon deploys the USS Gerald Ford to disrupt trafficking and strikes accelerate, UN experts and regional leaders condemn the killings as unlawful, while Trump rejects seeking Congress’s approval.