War Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed on Sunday that the U.S. military carried out its seventh known strike on a drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean region, killing three people aboard.

Hegseth said the “lethal kinetic strike” occurred on Friday at the direction of President Donald Trump . The target was affiliated with Colombia’s National Liberation Army, a designated terrorist organization, and was traveling in the jurisdiction that falls under U.S. Southern Command’s responsibility.

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