Washington: The US military carried out three strikes on four vessels allegedly trafficking narcotics in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing 14 people and leaving one survivor, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on X on Tuesday.

Hegseth said the vessels were hit in separate operations ordered by President Donald Trump .

The latest strikes bring the total death toll in Trump’s campaign against alleged traffickers in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to more than 50 since early September.

“The four vessels were known by our intelligence apparatus, transiting along known narco-trafficking routes, and carrying narcotics,” Hegseth wrote.

“Eight male narco-terrorists were aboard the vessels during the first strike. Four male narco-terrorists were aboard the vessel during the second

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