Pete Hegseth announces latest strike on boat off Venezuela he says was carrying drugs

Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth (Andrew Harnik/Pool via AP)

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said he ordered a fourth strike on a small boat in the waters off Venezuela, according to a social media post.

In his post, Mr Hegseth said that “our intelligence, without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics, the people onboard were narco-terrorists, and they were operating on a known narco-trafficking transit route”.