The United States is continuing its military campaign to target alleged drug smugglers, with War Secretary Pete Hegseth announcing Tuesday the latest series of strikes on vessels in the Eastern Pacific.
On Monday, the United States carried out three strikes on four alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Eastern Pacific, killing 14 and leaving one survivor.
The U.S. military carried out three strikes Monday on four vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean that were allegedly trafficking narcotics, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday.
Hegseth said in a statement on X that the strikes killed 14 “narco-terrorists” and that there was one survivor. Mexican authorities took over responsibility for rescuing the survivor.
Hegseth said that the boats were “operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations (DTO) trafficking narcotics in the Eastern Pacific” and that they were known to “our intelligence apparatus.”