U.S. Forces Hit Alleged Drug Vessels In Eastern Pacific, Killing Five

U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that military forces carried out strikes on two suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing five people.

The operation marks an expansion of the Trump administration’s strategy of deploying the armed forces in its ongoing campaign against narcotics trafficking .

On Wednesday afternoon, Hegseth said the military attacked a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean and killed two men on Tuesday. It was the first known U.S. military operation in the Pacific since President Donald Trump kicked off a new offensive against the drug trade.

Hours later, Hegseth said the military had struck another vessel in the eastern Pacific on Wednesday, killing three men.

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