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President Donald Trump said Saturday that a U.S. military strike this week destroyed a “very large drug-carrying submarine” in the Caribbean, killing two suspected narcoterrorists and capturing two others alive, as he released video of the attack.
In a statement published on Truth Social, Trump said the ship was primarily transporting “fentanyl and other narcotics” to the United States on a “known drug trafficking transit route.” He claimed the interdiction prevented up to 25,000 American overdose deaths.
“It was my great honor to destroy a large DRUG SUBMARINE,” Trump wrote. “US intelligence confirmed that this ship was loaded primarily with fentanyl… There were four known narco-terrorists on board. Two of the terrorists were killed.”
“The two surviving terrorists are being returned to their home countries, Ecuador and Colombia, for detention and prosecution.”
US MILITARY SEIZED SURVIVORS AFTER DRONE ATTACK IN THE CARIBBEAN AGAINST SUSPECTED DRUG Smuggling BOAT: REPORT
On Thursday, a US military drone attacked a submersible carrying drugs in the Caribbean. (Credit: President Donald Trump via Truth Social)
Fox News previously confirmed that two survivors were rescued by the US Navy after the attack and were being held aboard a US warship. Trump's statement is the first official recognition of their identities and nationalities.
The attack marked the sixth U.S. interdiction of a ship suspected of drug smuggling since combat operations began in the Caribbean last month. The Pentagon has not publicly named the operation.
Trump publicly referenced the attack for the first time during a meeting Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.
US MILITARY DRONE ATTACK AGAINST 'SUBMERSIBLE' DRUGS IN THE CARIBBEAN LEAVES SURVIVORS, OFFICIAL CONFIRMS
“We attacked a submarine, and that was a drug-carrying submarine built specifically to transport massive quantities of drugs,” he told reporters.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking separately on Friday, did not dispute the existence of survivors but said more details would come later.
The United States killed six suspected drug traffickers on a ship in international waters near Venezuela, President Donald Trump announced on October 14, 2025. (realDonaldTrump/Truth Social)
Earlier this week, Trump confirmed that he had authorized CIA activity in the region. U.S. Air Force B-52s also flew a visible “show of force” mission near Venezuelan waters on Thursday.
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The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Fox News Digital's Louis Casiano and Lucas Tomlinson contributed to this report.
