It is the sixth attack against vessels in the Caribbean by the Trump Government, but for the first time there are survivors, although they were later detained.
Mexico City, October 17 (However).– The Donald Trump’s government in USA (EU) carried out this Thursday a new bombing against one vessel in it Caribbean Sea supposedly involved in the drug trafficking in a attack that, for the first time since the beginning of this series of operations undertaken by Washington, has left survivorswhich were arrested by the US armed forces.
When questioned this Friday about the attack, the President confirmed that his Government attacked “a drug trafficking submarine”, but did not detail whether or not there were survivors or detainees.
“We attacked a submarine. It was a drug trafficking submarine, built specifically to transport large quantities of drugs, so you understand. This was not a group of innocent people,” he said. In the same conversation with the media, the White House tenant pointed out the position of his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro. “He has offered everything, you’re right. Do you know why? Because he doesn’t want to mess with the United States,” he said.
A government official revealed to different American networks, including ABC y NBCthat the army of The US carried out an air attack during the day without killing the entire crew, as has been the case with the five previous bombings of this type, which killed up to 27 people from Venezuela, Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago.
.@POTUS: “We attacked a submarine. That was a drug-carrying submarine built specifically for the transportation of massive amounts of drugs — just so you understand. This was not an innocent group of people.” pic.twitter.com/4dTsbysG3c
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 17, 2025
By the way of The Associated Press, It cited two officials, including one from Defense, who stated that the US detained survivors of the military attack. “It was not immediately clear what would be done with the survivors, who sources said were being held on a US Navy ship,” the agency said.
A few hours earlier, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt insisted on the legitimacy of the Trump Administration to carry out this type of attack and argued that “there should be no surprise about this.” “The President campaigned on using all possible means to pursue drug cartels that have been trafficking illicit substances in our country for too long,” he said.
For its part, Venezuela sent this Thursday, in line with what was announced the day before by the country’s President, Nicolás Maduro, a letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, and the Security Council, in order to draw their attention to the United States military operations in Caribbean waters.
These are attacks against fishermen, including Colombians, Petro denounces
The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, stated that the attacks that the United States is launching in recent weeks on the Caribbean Sea are “probably” falling against Colombian fishermen, after a final bombing took out a fishing boat from Trinidad and Tobago.
BREAKING: Trump has just purposefully murdered more civilians off the coast of Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/ZuxfsvcVSz
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) October 14, 2025
Petro linked the tense relationship with the United States to these attacks on the region and pointed out that Colombia’s withdrawal from the list of countries that fight against drugs drawn up by Washington has as a consequence “what is happening in the Caribbean Sea.”
“The missiles are probably falling on Colombian boats and on fishermen,” Petro said in an interview for his country’s institutional channels. “We already know that in Trinidad too, about fishermen,” he added.
Petro warned of the risks posed by this escalation of tensions in the region by decision of the Trump Administration and questioned those who applaud a possible US military intervention in Venezuela.
“They think it’s a little game, that an operation is going to happen, they take Maduro and it’s over, as if nothing had happened,” said the president, who recalled that the only interest Trump has in Venezuela is oil, while warning that the next country could be Colombia.
New attacks in the Caribbean, Trump confirms
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 14, 2025
President Trump announced on Tuesday a lethal military attack against a vessel allegedly linked to drug trafficking and terrorism, in international waters, off the coast of Venezuela, again without offering evidence or giving due process to those accused.
In a publication in Truth Social, the US president stated that the operation was carried out under his authority as commander in chief and left six men dead, identified as “narcoterrorists.”
“The attack took place in international waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the attack. No US forces were injured,” he said.
This is the fifth lethal attack in the Caribbean confirmed by the Trump Administration, since the US declared that it would treat alleged drug traffickers as “illegal combatants”; The sixth attack, which occurred on Thursday, remains to be officially confirmed by Washington.
Carte blanche for the CIA in Venezuela
Trump also confirmed on Wednesday that he authorized the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to carry out covert operations in Venezuela, in a new escalation of tensions with the Nation led by Nicolás Maduro and after various military operations in the Caribbean against alleged drug traffickers from that country.
“I authorized the CIA to enter Venezuela for two reasons: first, they emptied their prisons and sent criminals to us… The other thing is drugs. Many drugs come by sea. But now we are going to focus on land,” Trump said.
Yesterday, the Republican president announced the most recent lethal military attack against a vessel allegedly linked to drug trafficking and terrorism, in international waters, off the coast of Venezuela. Now, Trump clarified that he plans to intervene in the territory, as he had advanced previously The New York Times.
According to the US media, the agency could undertake covert actions against Maduro or his government unilaterally or in conjunction with a broader military operation. “It is not known if the CIA is planning any operation in Venezuela or if the authorizations are intended as a contingency measure,” the newspaper said.
–With information from Europa Press.