U.S. Military Destroys Drug Submarine in Caribbean, Trump Confirms

Former President Donald Trump announced that a U.S. military operation in the Caribbean destroyed a drug-smuggling submarine this week, killing two suspected narco-terrorists and capturing two others. Trump said the submarine was transporting fentanyl and other narcotics toward the U.S. along a well-known trafficking route. He claimed the interdiction potentially prevented 25,000 American overdose deaths and stressed that no U.S. personnel were harmed.

Trump first mentioned the operation during a White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, later releasing video footage and further details via Truth Social. Fox News confirmed that the surviving suspects are in U.S. custody aboard a Navy ship.

This marks the sixth such interdiction since combat operations in the Caribbean began last month. The Pentagon has not disclosed the operation’s name. CIA activity and a recent U.S. Air Force B-52 “show of force” mission near Venezuela suggest escalating counter-narcotics efforts in the region.

Fentanyl, much of it produced in Mexico with Chinese chemicals, remains a leading cause of overdose deaths in the U.S. Republican lawmakers like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar have proposed harsh penalties, including the death sentence, for fentanyl trafficking.

They argue that lax border policies under President Biden have worsened the crisis, with more than a million pounds of illegal drugs seized since 2021. The operation underscores increasing GOP pressure for aggressive action against drug trafficking and stricter border control policies.