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U.S. Says It Hit Fourth Drug Boat as Dominican Republic Reports Cocaine Recovery

Partial corroboration from the Dominican Republic puts new pressure on a campaign now facing legal challenges.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro looks on during a meeting at the National Assembly in Caracas on August 22, 2025. Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro on August 22, 2025, denounced the US military deployment in Caribbean waters as an "immoral, criminal, and illegal" plan against his country, seeking "regime change." (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP) (Photo by JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images)
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro prepares to leave at the end of a press conference, days after he said Venezuela would deploy military, police and civilian defenses at 284 "battlefront" locations across the country, amid heightened tensions with the U.S., in Caracas, Venezuela, September 15, 2025. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
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Overview

  • President Trump said U.S. forces conducted a fourth recent strike on a vessel in international waters under Southern Command, claiming three men tied to a designated terrorist group were killed.
  • Dominican Republic drug authorities reported recovering 377 packages of cocaine from a speedboat destroyed south of Isla Beata and said the craft had carried roughly 1,000 kilograms, marking a first joint operation with the U.S.
  • The White House has deployed at least seven warships, a nuclear-powered submarine and F-35 fighters to the southern Caribbean in what it describes as counternarcotics interdiction off Venezuela.
  • Venezuela rejected U.S. allegations of drug links, staged military and civilian training exercises, and released a Sept. 6 letter in which President Nicolás Maduro proposed direct talks with envoy Richard Grenell.
  • Senators Adam Schiff and Tim Kaine filed a war powers resolution to halt further strikes as lawmakers and legal experts demand the administration’s intelligence and legal basis for using lethal force at sea.