U.S. military strikes drug-carrying boat from Venezuela, Rubio says

The U.S. military on Tuesday struck a drug-carrying boat hailing from Venezuela, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, as tensions spike between the Trump administration and the Venezuelan government.

President Trump announced the strike during an unrelated Tuesday afternoon Oval Office event, saying the military had "shot out" the boat "moments ago." He said his team had been briefed on the strike by Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The president later said on Truth Social that 11 people were killed in the strike, which he said targeted members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuela-based organized crime group that the Trump administration has designated as a foreign terrorist organization. He posted a video that appeared to show a military strike against a small boat.

"Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE!" the president wrote on Truth Social.

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