WATCH: “If You Keep Trafficking Deadly Drugs—We Will Kill You” – War Secretary Pete Hegseth Announces 17th Strike Against Narco-Terrorist Drug Boat, 3 Killed in Fiery Explosion

War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Thursday that the Department of War has taken out another drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean, killing three individuals. 

“To all narco-terrorists who threaten our homeland: if you want to stay alive, stop trafficking drugs. If you keep trafficking deadly drugs—we will kill you,” Hegseth warned the South American cartels.

Three passengers on the boat were killed.

This is the 17th strike against a boat operated by a designated terrorist organization, attempting to bring narcotics onto American soil since the Trump Administration’s campaign began in September. At least 69 narco-terrorists have been killed in these operations.

Boats have been shot down along trafficking routes in the Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Pacific.

The terrorist gangsters met their demise in a fiery explosion on Thursday.

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Hegseth announced the strike in a statement on X, stating,

As we’ve said before, vessel strikes on narco-terrorists will continue until their the poisoning of the American people stops.

Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization.

The vessel was trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean and was struck in international waters. No U.S. forces were harmed in the strike, and three male narco-terrorists — who were aboard the vessel — were killed.

To all narco-terrorists who threaten our homeland: if you want to stay alive, stop trafficking drugs. If you keep trafficking deadly drugs—we will kill you.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Hegseth announced the 16th strike earlier this week.

The strike came as US forces deployed an aircraft carrier to the region in a new escalation on Trump’s war on the cartels.

Meanwhile, Russian officials have reportedly floated sending missiles to Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro to fight American troops and prevent a regime change.

WATCH: Hegseth Announces 16th Drug Boat Taken Out Killing Two Narco-Terrorists, Second Strike in Days – “NO Cartel Terrorist Stands a Chance Against the American military.”