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Two people were killed in the operation off the coast of Colombia.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the strike brings the total deaths from attacks on alleged drug-trafficking boats to 34.

Colombia’s president has accused the U.S. of killing innocent civilians, while Trump deployed 10,000 troops to combat cartels he designated as terrorists.

MEXICO CITY — The United States has struck an eighth alleged drug vessel, this time in the Pacific Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday.

Hegseth said the airstrike in the eastern Pacific killed two people, bringing the death toll in the recent string of U.S. military attacks on alleged drug boats to 34.

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