President Donald Trump confirmed that U.S. forces carried out a high-stakes military operation in the Caribbean, destroying a massive drug-smuggling submarine loaded with fentanyl and killing two suspected narco-terrorists. Two others were captured alive. Calling the mission a “complete success,” Trump claimed the strike prevented up to 25,000 overdose deaths, declaring that under his leadership, “America will not tolerate narcoterrorists by land or by sea.”
The operation—part of an intensified anti-drug campaign—marks the sixth major interdiction in recent weeks. The Pentagon has withheld the mission’s codename, but reports say Navy and CIA units were involved, following Trump’s recent authorization of covert actions in the region. The announcement reignited debate over the fentanyl epidemic, with lawmakers pushing harsher penalties for smugglers, including the death penalty. As footage of the destroyed vessel spread online, the message from Washington was unmistakable: America’s war on fentanyl has gone global.
