BREAKING: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says the decimation of a narco-terrorist cartel boat from Venezuela is ONLY THE BEGINNING. Assets are gathering in the region.

"President Trump is willing to go on offense in ways that others have not been. And to send that clear signal to Tren de Aragua, Cartel del Sol, and others emanating from Venezuela - we're not going to allow this kind of activity. You're poisoning our people!"

"We've got incredible assets, and they are gathering in the region. And so you want to try to traffic drugs? It's a new day. It's a different day. And so those 11 drug traffickers are no longer with us, sending a very clear signal that this is an activity the United States is not going to tolerate in our hemisphere."