An overnight US strike on a boat alleged to be operated by a Venezuelan drug trafficking gang killed six people in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday.

The latest military action brings the total number of US strikes on alleged traffickers in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to at least 10, leaving at least 43 people dead, according to an AFP tally based on US figures.

Hegseth announced the strike in a post on X showing a stationary boat with outboard engines being destroyed in an explosion, saying: "Six male narco-terrorists were aboard the vessel during the strike, which was conducted in international waters -- and was the first strike at night."

"All six terrorists were killed," Hegseth said, adding: "If you are a narco-terrorist smuggling drugs in our h

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