Two ‘terrorists’ pulled from the wreckage of a Venezuelan ‘drug boat’ that was destroyed in a US strike will be repatriated to their home countries, the president confirmed.
The individuals were aboard vessel along with two other ‘known narco terrorists’ when it was struck late on Thursday, according to the president.
The submarine was loaded with ‘mostly Fentanyl, and other illegal narcotics’, Trump said.
He confirmed that two of the alleged terrorists were killed in the strike.
The survivors will be returned to their home countries of Ecuador and Colombia, where they will be detained and prosecuted, according to the president.
Trump added that no US troops were harmed in the strike.
‘Under my watch, the United States of America will not tolerate narcoterrorists trafficking illegal drugs, by land or by sea,’ Trump said.
The Daily Mail reached out to the White House and the Department of War for additional information.
Donald Trump shared new footage of the strike on Truth Social, which revealed the moment the submarine popped out of the Caribbean Sea
The president announced that the two surviving ‘terrorists’ aboard a submarine will be sent back to their home countries
Sources close to the matter told The New York Times that the two survivors were rescued by the Navy and Coast Guard
The military strike occurred late on Thursday night when the alleged smugglers were traveling in the Caribbean Sea.
The two survivors were taken into custody before the president announced they would be sent back to their home countries.
Trump told reporters during a cabinet meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the targeted vessel was carrying ‘massive amounts of drugs.’
‘Just so you understand, this was not an innocent group of people,’ the president added.
Officials told the New York Times that intelligence analysts assessed that the submarine was carrying drugs before the strike.
Analysts watching the strike on a video feed noticed the two survivors bobbing in the water among the wreckage of the submarine.
The two survivors were rescued by Navy and Coast Guard helicopters and brought to a ship with medical facilities, according to the Times.
