THREE STRIKES — YOU’RE OUT! Trump Admin Sinks Three More Narco-Terrorists Drug Boats [WATCH]

The country is a safer place today.

American forces on Monday wiped out three more boats in the Eastern Pacific that officials say were “engaged in narco-trafficking,” killing eight men identified as members of Designated Terrorist Organizations.

The strikes were authorized by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who is expected to brief lawmakers Tuesday as scrutiny intensifies over the Trump administration’s escalating campaign against drug cartels.

“On Dec. 15, at the direction of [Secretary of War] Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted lethal kinetic strikes on three vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters,” U.S. Southern Command posted on X, alongside a video of the strikes. “Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking. A total of eight male narco-terrorists were killed during these actions—three in the first vessel, two in the second and three in the third.”

Watch the clip below:

On Dec. 15, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted lethal kinetic strikes on three vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters. Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known… pic.twitter.com/IQfCVvUpau

— U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) December 16, 2025

Since September, U.S. forces have hit 25 boats, killing roughly 95 suspected traffickers.

In an October memo to Congress, President Donald Trump said he had “determined” the United States is now in an “armed conflict” with drug cartels he has designated as terrorist organizations. The State Department has already labeled violent gangs such as Tren de Aragua and MS-13 as foreign terrorist organizations.

Democrats are pushing back, arguing the administration has not provided enough evidence to justify the strikes.

Last week, Admiral Frank Bradley was grilled by the Senate Intelligence Committee over a follow-up strike on survivors of an earlier attack that had already destroyed a vessel linked to alleged Tren de Aragua operatives.

Republicans, however, are standing firm.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) said after the briefing that the strikes were “entirely lawful and needful.”

“These are narco-terrorists, Foreign Designated Terrorist Organizations, who are bringing drugs to our shores that have killed millions of Americans and thousands of Arkansans,” Cotton told reporters. “It’s my expectation and my deep hope that these strikes will continue.”

This week, President Trump designated fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction.

“No bomb does what this is doing — 200 to 300,000 people die every year that we know of,” Trump said. “So we’re formally classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction!”

The designation immediately triggers a cascade of new federal directives aimed at dismantling fentanyl production, trafficking routes, and the financial networks that fuel them.

🚨 President Trump announces a groundbreaking Executive Order classifying fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction:

“No bomb does what this is doing. 200 to 300 THOUSAND people die every year — that we know of.” pic.twitter.com/OwuA2KQXfX

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) December 15, 2025