Four people were killed in a U.S. military strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a post to X.

This is the latest in a series of military strikes on vessels that the Trump administration has characterized as a part of narco-trafficking operations by a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO).

"This vessel, like all the others, was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics," Hegseth said in his post.

No U.S. forces were injured in the latest strike, he continued.

Newsweek reached out to the White House via email Wednesday night for more information about the latest strike.

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