Donald Trump decides the fate of two survivors pulled from ‘Venezuelan drug boat’ after deadly strike

The President confirmed that two ‘terrorists’ recovered from the wreckage of a ‘drug ship’ in Venezuela destroyed in a US attack will be sent back to their home country.

The individuals were on a ship bound for the USA According to the presidents, it was filled ‘mostly with Fentanyl and other illegal drugs.’

The men were traveling with two other ‘known narcoterrorists’ when the submarine was hit late on Thursday.

The president confirmed that two alleged terrorists were killed in the attack, while releasing stunning footage showing the moment of impact.

According to the president, the other two will be sent back to their home countries of Ecuador and Colombia, where they will be arrested and tried.

Trump added that no US soldiers were harmed in the attack.

“Under my watch, the United States will not tolerate narcoterrorists smuggling illegal drugs by land or sea,” Trump said.

The Daily Mail has reached out to the White House and War Department for additional information.

President announces that two ‘terrorists’ who survived the submarine will be sent back to their home countries

Sources familiar with the matter told the New York Times that the two survivors were rescued by the Navy and Coast Guard.

The military attack occurred late Thursday night as the alleged smugglers were traveling in the Caribbean Sea.

Trump told reporters at a cabinet meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the targeted ship was carrying “a very large amount of drugs.”

“Just so you understand, these were not an innocent group of people,” the president added.

Officials told New York Times He said intelligence analysts assessed before the attack that the submarine was carrying drugs.

Analysts watching the attack on a video feed noticed two survivors bobbing in the water among submarine wreckage.

The two survivors were rescued by Navy and Coast Guard helicopters and brought to a ship with medical facilities, the Times reported.

Two sources on the subject said: Washington Post He said the two survivors were not injured. It is unclear whether he has ties to Venezuelan criminal organizations.

The decision to repatriate survivors deviates from the status quo.

In past foreign conflicts, authorities often detained and prosecuted enemy combatants and drug traffickers in the U.S. justice system.

The latest came after U.S. elite Special Operations aviation forces flew in less than 90 miles off the coast of Venezuela, according to the Washington Post.

The helicopters were conducting training exercises for a possible ground mission to Venezuela to neutralize alleged drug smugglers, an official said.

Over the past two months, the US military has attacked five Venezuelan boats carrying illegal drugs in the Caribbean, killing approximately 27 people.

This comes after U.S. defense officials announced the deployment of more than 4,000 sailors and marines to the waters surrounding Latin America and the Caribbean as part of the president’s crackdown on drug cartels.

On Wednesday, Trump announced that he had given the Central Intelligence Agency permission to conduct missions in Venezuela.

The President also revealed on Truth Social earlier this week that the Secretary of War had ordered ‘lethal kinetics’ to be applied to a narco-terrorist ship.

On Wednesday, Trump announced that he had given the Central Intelligence Agency permission to conduct missions in Venezuela.

Trump said Pete Hegseth carried out the deadly operation with his permission.

It is believed that six male narco-terrorists aboard the drug ship traveling in international waters were killed during the operation.

Last month, Venezuela’s foreign minister condemned the US for allegedly “illegally and hostilely” detaining a fishing boat using the US Navy destroyer USS.

The boat, whose crew was nine tuna fishermen, was sailing 48 nautical miles northeast of the Venezuelan island of La Blanquilla, the ministry said.

Although the nine-man crew was released under the escort of the Venezuelan navy, Foreign Minister Yván Gil demanded that the US ‘immediately stop these actions that endanger security and peace in the Caribbean’.

The statement also called on US citizens to “recognize the seriousness of these maneuvers and reject the use of their soldiers as sacrificial pieces to further the desires of a greedy and predatory elite.”

Venezuela ultimately warned that it would defend its sovereignty against any ‘provocation’.

The boat attacks further increased tensions between the two countries; Tensions have escalated further in recent months after Washington sent spy planes, a warship and even a submarine into the southern Caribbean Sea.

Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, who the United States does not recognize as the legitimate president of the country after last year’s elections, threatened to ‘declare an armed republic’ if attacked by American forces.

He declared his country’s ‘maximum preparedness’ at a press conference in response to the increased US naval presence near Venezuelan waters.

The leftist leader described the US operation as ‘exaggerated, unfair, immoral and certainly a criminal and bloody threat’.

He later warned that US military action against Venezuela would leave President Trump ‘with blood on his hands’.

But Trump continued to increase pressure on Maduro, whom he accuses of leading a cocaine smuggling cartel.

In August, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a $50 million reward for information leading to Maduro’s capture and detention, and said Maduro was using “foreign terrorist organizations” to “bring deadly drugs and violence to our country.”

According to AG Biondi, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has so far seized 30 tons of cocaine linked to Maduro and his associates.

Stating that approximately seven tons of this total is linked to Maduro himself, the woman explained that this is the main source of income for gangs operating in Venezuela and Mexico.

Maduro has since announced the deployment of soldiers, police and civilian militias to 284 ‘war front’ points, reinforcing previous troop surges along the Colombian border.

The Venezuelan government has called on its citizens to join militias (armed volunteer groups) to support security forces in case of possible bombardment.