A still image from a video shared by President Donald Trump on Truth Social on September 2, 2025, depicting a US military strike against a boat in the Caribbean. Image courtesy @realDonaldTrump/Truth Social.

On September 2, the US military illegally bombed a small boat in the Caribbean, killing all 11 passengers. The Intercept reports that the drone strike was a criminal attack on civilians and that it involved multiple bombings. According to two US officials, survivors of the initial strike were “killed in a follow-up attack.”

The Trump administration attempted to justify the massacre by claiming—without evidence—that the boat belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang and was transporting drugs to the United States. Washington’s claim that such a small vessel could reach Florida has been widely disputed; in fact, there are indications the boat was headed for Trinidad and Tobago. Regardless of its destination, reports indicate that the passengers turned back after noticing the US military presence, only to be killed while retreating.

At first, the Venezuelan government suggested the footage could be fabricated. But on September 12, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello stated: “A murder has been committed against a group of citizens.” He added that the US government had “openly confessed to killing 11 people,” stressing that the victims were not gang members: “We have done our investigations here in our country. There are the families of the disappeared who want their relatives, and when........

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