Santo Domingo: U.S. fighter jets attacked a “drug trafficking ship” near the coast of the Dominican Republic, its drug enforcement agency and a U.S. official announced on Sunday expansion U.S. military activity is in the Caribbean.
The head of the DNCD anti-drug agency announced the strike at a joint press conference with a spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy.
The attack was the first attack announced by Donald Trump on Friday, without saying where it happened, the latter official said attack A suspected drug ship near Venezuela.
DNCD spokesman Carlos Devers said at a press conference that during the strike of the news, U.S. military aircraft attacked a speedboat with 80 kilograms of cocaine from Bita Island, Dominican Island, 80 kilograms of cocaine from Bita Island, DNCD spokesman Carlos Devers said at the press conference.
Sources close to the investigation said the ship may be the original left by Venezuela.
Posted at Dawn on September 22, 2025
