JUST IN: US Destroys 30th Venezuelan Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific Days After First Land Strike in Venezuela

[JGalt]

This time is was a semi-submersible “low profile” vessel.

Those Venezuelan fishermen must have a lot of money of they can afford submarines.

JUST IN: US DESTROYS 30th Venezuelan Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific Days After First Land Strike in Venezuela​

by Jordan Conradson Dec. 29, 2025 6:00 pm

US Southern Command announced the latest strike against a drug trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific in the Trump Administration’s campaign against narco-traffickers and the Venezuelan Maduro regime on Monday.

"This is the first strike against a boat since last Monday, when US forces obliterated an apparent semi-submersible “low profile” vessel, “engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” killing one drug smuggler. Later in the week, US forces executed a land strike against a “big facility” in Venezuela, Trump said.

Today’s attack marks the 30th strike against drug boats in the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean Sea.

Two “narco-terrorists” were killed in the strike, according to SOUTHCOM.

At least 107 drug trafficking narco-terrorists have been killed since the beginning of the operations in early September.

SOUTHCOM said in a statement,

On Dec. 29, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Two male narco-terrorists were killed. No U.S. military forces were harmed.

Earlier on Monday, President Trump confirmed that US forces conducted a land strike against a drug trafficking facility in Venezuela.

“There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs,” Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago."

JUST IN: US DESTROYS 30th Venezuelan Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific Days After First Land Strike in Venezuela | The Gateway Pundit | by Jordan Conradson

 

[MarathonMike]

Just cuz their submarines doesn't mean they aren't fishing boats. Maybe they shoot spears through the torpedo tubes at the fish.

 

[Crepitus]

This time is was a semi-submersible “low profile” vessel.

Those Venezuelan fishermen must have a lot of money of they can afford submarines.

JUST IN: US DESTROYS 30th Venezuelan Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific Days After First Land Strike in Venezuela​

by Jordan Conradson Dec. 29, 2025 6:00 pm

US Southern Command announced the latest strike against a drug trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific in the Trump Administration’s campaign against narco-traffickers and the Venezuelan Maduro regime on Monday.

"This is the first strike against a boat since last Monday, when US forces obliterated an apparent semi-submersible “low profile” vessel, “engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” killing one drug smuggler. Later in the week, US forces executed a land strike against a “big facility” in Venezuela, Trump said.

Today’s attack marks the 30th strike against drug boats in the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean Sea.

Two “narco-terrorists” were killed in the strike, according to SOUTHCOM.

At least 107 drug trafficking narco-terrorists have been killed since the beginning of the operations in early September.

SOUTHCOM said in a statement,



Earlier on Monday, President Trump confirmed that US forces conducted a land strike against a drug trafficking facility in Venezuela.

“There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs,” Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago."

JUST IN: US DESTROYS 30th Venezuelan Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific Days After First Land Strike in Venezuela | The Gateway Pundit | by Jordan Conradson

What land strike?

 

[JGalt]

What land strike?

"We just knocked out — I don't know if you read or you saw — they have a big plant or big facility where they send the, you know, where the ships come from," Trump said in the interview. "Two nights ago we knocked that out. So we hit them very hard."

Trump says U.S. took out a 'big facility' as part of strikes on alleged drug boats near Venezuela

 

[JoeB131]

Trump says U.S. took out a 'big facility' as part of strikes on alleged drug boats near Venezuela

Sounds like it all happened in his head.

Also, this.

JUST IN: US DESTROYS 30th Venezuelan Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific Days After First Land Strike in Venezuela​

Um Venezuela doesn't have a coastline with the Pacific Ocean, so how could it be a Venezuelan boat?

 

[leftwinger]

ITIT more that the other 10000:1

 

[JGalt]

Sounds like it all happened in his head.

Also, this.



Um Venezuela doesn't have a coastline with the Pacific Ocean, so how could it be a Venezuelan boat?

Yes, Venezuelan drug boats are active in the Eastern Pacific. The U.S. military has conducted numerous strikes against suspected drug-smuggling vessels in both the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean as part of a pressure campaign against the Venezuelan government and drug cartels.

Key details regarding this activity:

• U.S. Military Action: The U.S. military has carried out over 30 strikes on alleged drug boats in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean since September 2025, killing more than 100 people.
• Targeting: U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has stated that intelligence confirms these vessels are traveling along known drug-trafficking routes and are involved in narcotrafficking operations.
• Venezuelan Involvement: The U.S. has accused Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his government of collaborating with drug cartels, a charge Maduro denies.
• Controversy: The strikes have faced scrutiny from some members of the U.S. Congress and human rights groups regarding the evidence provided by the administration and the legality of the operations.
• Related Events: U.S. President Trump also mentioned a strike on a "big facility" in Venezuela where alleged drug boats were loaded, though the Venezuelan government has not confirmed any such incident within its territory.

 

[JoeB131]

Yes, Venezuelan drug boats are active in the Eastern Pacific. The U.S. military has conducted numerous strikes against suspected drug-smuggling vessels in both the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean as part of a pressure campaign against the Venezuelan government and drug cartels.

Okay, not taking the word of Kegseth or Cheeto Hitler at face value, you didn't answer my questions.

Here, let's me help you with a map.

Please note, Venezuela doesn't have a Pacific coast. So how can a Venezuelan Drug Boat be in the Pacific?

 

[JGalt]

Okay, not taking the word of Kegseth or Cheeto Hitler at face value, you didn't answer my questions.

Here, let's me help you with a map.

View attachment 1199317

Please note, Venezuela doesn't have a Pacific coast. So how can a Venezuelan Drug Boat be in the Pacific?

From Wikipedia:

Pacific strikes

"The US struck another alleged drug boat on 21 October, killing at least two individuals, marking the first strike to take place in the Pacific Ocean.[89][90] An unnamed US official said the strike occurred off the Colombian coast.[91] A second strike in the Pacific on 22 October killed three.[92]

Three more strikes on four alleged drug boats in the Pacific—the first instance of multiple boats struck in one day[93]—killed 14 people on 27 October.[94] There was one survivor, seen clinging to debris after the strike.[95] The Mexican Navy (SEMAR) coordinated search and rescue[94][96][93] after the US reported the location to aircraft in the area from Mexico, and the US Coast Guard.[95] On 31 October, Mexican officials said that after its mandatory, typical 96-hour search had yielded no survivor, it would stop searching.[11]

On 29 October, a strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed four men,[15] followed by a 4 November strike that killed two alleged drug traffickers.[97] Two boats were struck on 9 November, each killing three alleged traffickers.[98]

In the first strike after the unveiling of Operation Southern Spear, the US Southern Command announced in a post to X that the Southern Spear joint task force had conducted[99][100] a 15 November strike that killed three;[101] a strike on 4 December killed four,[102] and three strikes on three vessels that killed eight were announced on 15 December.[103] A strike on 17 December killed four,[104] two strikes on two vessels on 18 December killed five,[105] and a 22 December strike killed one.[9]"

Land targets in Venezuela

"US officials said on 30 October 2025 they had identified "targets that sit at the nexus of the drug gangs and the Maduro regime", including facilities such as ports and airstrips that the Venezuelan military allegedly uses for drug trafficking.[111][122] On 22 December, referring to the military buildup and ongoing airstrikes, Trump stated: "Soon we will be starting the same program on land."[123]

Trump announced on 29 December what would be the first strike, if confirmed,[124] on a land target in Venezuela, stating that a marine facility used for loading drug boats had been hit.[125][126] Trump had previously mentioned on 26 December a strike he said happened two nights earlier.[124][127] He gave no details about the location of the facility or what entity, military or otherwise, was responsible for the strike.[128]"

2025 United States military strikes on alleged drug traffickers - Wikipedia

 

[JGalt]

From AI:

"President Donald Trump announced that the United States "hit" a facility along the Venezuelan
shoreline where alleged drug boats load up. The exact location within Venezuela was not publicly specified by U.S. officials, though there were reports of a fire at a chemical plant in Zulia state on Christmas Eve, around the time the strike was said to have occurred.

Key details regarding the strike:

• Location: Described only as a "dock area" or a "big facility" along the shore.
• Timing: Trump suggested the strike occurred around Christmas Eve, stating, "Two nights ago we knocked that out".
• Target: The facility was allegedly used for loading "drug boats" as part of a campaign to stop drug trafficking from the region.
• Agency: Trump declined to specify whether the U.S. military or the CIA carried out the operation, saying only that he knew exactly who was responsible but did not want to say.

The Venezuelan government did not officially comment on a U.S. land strike, and the company in Zulia that experienced a fire denied that it was the result of a U.S. attack. The strike, if confirmed as a U.S. operation, would be the first known American land strike on Venezuelan soil."

 

[Thinker101]

This time is was a semi-submersible “low profile” vessel.

Those Venezuelan fishermen must have a lot of money of they can afford submarines.

JUST IN: US DESTROYS 30th Venezuelan Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific Days After First Land Strike in Venezuela​

by Jordan Conradson Dec. 29, 2025 6:00 pm

US Southern Command announced the latest strike against a drug trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific in the Trump Administration’s campaign against narco-traffickers and the Venezuelan Maduro regime on Monday.

"This is the first strike against a boat since last Monday, when US forces obliterated an apparent semi-submersible “low profile” vessel, “engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” killing one drug smuggler. Later in the week, US forces executed a land strike against a “big facility” in Venezuela, Trump said.

Today’s attack marks the 30th strike against drug boats in the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean Sea.

Two “narco-terrorists” were killed in the strike, according to SOUTHCOM.

At least 107 drug trafficking narco-terrorists have been killed since the beginning of the operations in early September.

SOUTHCOM said in a statement,



Earlier on Monday, President Trump confirmed that US forces conducted a land strike against a drug trafficking facility in Venezuela.

“There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs,” Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago."

JUST IN: US DESTROYS 30th Venezuelan Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific Days After First Land Strike in Venezuela | The Gateway Pundit | by Jordan Conradson

I'm thinkin this may be a good drinking game. Every time a boat is expelled everyone has a Margarita, or two or three.

 

[marvin martian]

Sounds like it all happened in his head.

Also, this.



Um Venezuela doesn't have a coastline with the Pacific Ocean, so how could it be a Venezuelan boat?

Are you actually so dumb you don't know boats can traverse multiple oceans, or do you just have a public humiliation fetish?

 

[Bitterhook]

Okay, not taking the word of Kegseth or Cheeto Hitler at face value, you didn't answer my questions.

Here, let's me help you with a map.

Please note, Venezuela doesn't have a Pacific coast. So how can a Venezuelan Drug Boat be in the Pacific?

Guess what Joe, the Atlantic Ocean isn't in my front yard and somehow my boat can still get there.
Then it could get from there to Pacific Ocean too, and it's not even magic.

 

[Crepitus]

"We just knocked out — I don't know if you read or you saw — they have a big plant or big facility where they send the, you know, where the ships come from," Trump said in the interview. "Two nights ago we knocked that out. So we hit them very hard."

Trump says U.S. took out a 'big facility' as part of strikes on alleged drug boats near Venezuela

Yeah, but there is no verification of that. Most folks think he's just lying as usual.

 

[JLW]

Apparently this attack was conducted by the CIA which means it was supposed to be clandestine.

I guess Trump just could not help himself in blabbing out America’s secrets.

Is it any wonder our allies don’t want to share intelligence with us given we have a president who can’t keep his mouth shut.

 

[JGalt]

Apparently this attack was conducted by the CIA which means it was supposed to be clandestine.

I guess Trump just could not help himself in blabbing out America’s secrets.

Is it any wonder our allies don’t want to share intelligence with us given we have a president who can’t keep his mouth shut.

What "secrets" are you blathering about, ya doofus?

From the US Southern Command's own website:

Press Release | Dec. 29, 2025

Lethal Kinetic Strike, Dec. 29, 2025​

"On Dec. 29, at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters.

Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Two male narco-terrorists were killed. No U.S. military forces were harmed."

From AI:

"Most Recent Strike (Dec. 29, 2025): The U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) reported a "lethal kinetic strike" on a vessel in international waters of the Eastern Pacific, killing two people. This vessel was allegedly linked to the National Liberation Army (ELN), a Colombian guerrilla group."

 

[22lcidw]

Okay, not taking the word of Kegseth or Cheeto Hitler at face value, you didn't answer my questions.

Here, let's me help you with a map.

View attachment 1199317

Please note, Venezuela doesn't have a Pacific coast. So how can a Venezuelan Drug Boat be in the Pacific?

So, what you are saying is that other nations are involved or the security is weak in the nations in a drug operation that has gone in for many many decades.

 

[JLW]

What "secrets" are you blathering about, ya doofus?

From the US Southern Command's own website:

Press Release | Dec. 29, 2025

Lethal Kinetic Strike, Dec. 29, 2025​

"On Dec. 29, at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters.

Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Two male narco-terrorists were killed. No U.S. military forces were harmed."

From AI:

"Most Recent Strike (Dec. 29, 2025): The U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) reported a "lethal kinetic strike" on a vessel in international waters of the Eastern Pacific, killing two people. This vessel was allegedly linked to the National Liberation Army (ELN), a Colombian guerrilla group."

The CIA conducted the attack on the Venezuelan dock. If the attack wasn’t meant to be secret why didn’t the military just take out the facility?

Your post concerns a strike on a boat not the dock assault.

Trump blabbed about the strike when he probably should have kept his mouth shut.

CIA Conducted Venezuela Drone Strike In First Known Attack on Country’s Territory: Report

The Trump administration quietly carried out a drone strike in Venezuelan territory this month, according to a new report by CNN.

www.yahoo.com

 

[JGalt]

This is the "kinetic strike" that was carried out today. You can literally see the containers of drugs going every which way.

Awesome.

 

[JGalt]

The CIA conducted the attack on the Venezuelan dock. If the attack wasn’t meant to be secret why didn’t the military just take out the facility?

Your post concerns a strike on a boat not the dock assault.

Trump blabbed about the strike when he probably should have kept his mouth shut.

CIA Conducted Venezuela Drone Strike In First Known Attack on Country’s Territory: Report

The Trump administration quietly carried out a drone strike in Venezuelan territory this month, according to a new report by CNN.

www.yahoo.com

The land strike was most likely the one reported by the Venezuelan media as being a "fire", that occurred on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025. Probably the warehouse belonging to the chemical production company Primazol in an industrial zone near the city of Maracaibo, Zulia state.