Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth posted on X in connection with the 10th documented strike in the Caribbean, declaring: ‘If you are a narco-terrorist smuggling drugs in our hemisphere, we will treat you like we treat al-Qaeda…we will map your networks, track your people, hunt you down, and kill you.’ The post signaled a deliberate policy of lethal targeting rather than interdiction or arrest.
Hegseth Posts Aggressive Strike Threat on Social Media