Trump releases video of US drone strike on ‘drug-carrying submarine’ in Caribbean that left 2 dead, 2 captured

President Donald Trump declared Saturday that a U S military strike destroyed a very large drug-carrying submarine in the Caribbean this week killing two suspected narcoterrorists and capturing two others alive while releasing video of the strike In a report posted to Truth Social Trump explained the vessel was carrying mostly fentanyl and other narcotics toward the U S on a well known narcotrafficking transit track He claimed the interdiction prevented as various as American overdose deaths It was my great honor to destroy a very large DRUG-CARRYING SUBMARINE Trump wrote U S Intelligence substantiated this vessel was loaded up with mostly Fentanyl There were four known narcoterrorists on board Two of the terrorists were killed The two surviving terrorists are being returned to their Countries of origin Ecuador and Colombia for detention and prosecution US MILITARY SEIZED SURVIVORS AFTER CARIBBEAN DRONE STRIKE ON SUSPECTED DRUG SMUGGLING BOAT REPORTFox News previously authenticated that two survivors were rescued by the U S Navy after the strike and were being held aboard an American warship Trump s message is the first official acknowledgment of their identities and nationalities The strike marked the sixth U S interdiction of a suspected drug smuggling vessel since combat operations began in the Caribbean last month The Pentagon has not publicly named the operation Trump first referenced the strike publicly during a meeting Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House US MILITARY DRONE STRIKE ON DRUG 'SUBMERSIBLE' IN CARIBBEAN LEAVES SURVIVORS OFFICIAL CONFIRMS We attacked a submarine and that was a drug-carrying submarine built specifically for the transportation of massive amounts of drugs he advised reporters Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking separately Friday did not dispute the existence of survivors but commented further details would be disclosed later Earlier this week Trump verified he had authorized CIA activity in the region U S Air Force B- s also flew a visible show of force mission near Venezuelan waters on Thursday CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe White House did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment Fox News Digital's Louis Casiano and Lucas Tomlinson contributed to this statement