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Cargo unverified

Inspect the cargo after destroying the boat

The cargo inspection has been canceled along with the boat.

Executive owner
Donald J. Trump / U.S. Southern Command / Evidence Disposal
Status
Cargo unverified
Due
Before the next known smuggling route
Paying for it
Defense appropriations and regional relations

ACTIVITY

Updated
SC
Southern Command7:01 AM

Operations recognized the route and called the boat suspicious.

DJT
Donald J. Trump7:03 AM

Evidence WITH the Briefing, no more Pictures of WATER!

SC
Southern Command7:10 AM

The strike happened before anyone could inspect the cargo.

DJT
Donald J. Trump7:19 AM

Very Suspicious Boat, they said, we took care of the Boat..... NOW they ask about Cargo!

DJT
Donald J. Trump7:21 AM

I was told a VERY Suspicious Boat!

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Operations7:28 AM

The strike count went up. The evidence file did not.

DJT
Donald J. Trump7:30 AM

All this Technology, see things from SPACE, then ask me what was in the Boat?? Didn't we LOOK? Do the Looking before I get a Question nobody can Answer!!

SUGGESTED NEXT STEP

Get a photograph of the cargo before the next explosion.

PUBLIC RECORD

The U.S. military said it struck a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean on September 19, killing four people. Southern Command provided no public evidence that the vessel carried drugs. AP counts at least 231 deaths in 69 such strikes since the campaign began.

Associated Press · 2026-09-20 ↗