The U.S. military has destroyed another vessel it claims was smuggling narcotics in the Pacific Ocean, killing four people aboard, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said late Wednesday.

In a post on X, Hegseth said U.S. intelligence agencies had identified the boat as “traveling a known drug-trafficking route and carrying narcotics.” He added that “four male narco-terrorists were aboard the vessel and were killed.”

The strike brings to more than 14 the number of vessels allegedly linked to drug trafficking that U.S. forces have destroyed in international waters since the U.S. Southern Command launched the military campaign earlier this year in the Caribbean, near the Venezuelan coast.

Last week, President Donald Trump said he would not rule out expanding the operation to include strikes on

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