The US military has carried out another lethal strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says.

A US-designated terrorist organisation operated the vessel, Hegseth said on social media, but did not name which group was targeted.

He said three people were killed in the strike.

It's at least the 15th such strike carried out by the US military in the Caribbean or eastern Pacific since early September.

"This vessel—like EVERY OTHER—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 a posting on X.

The US military has now killed at least 64 people in the strikes.

Trump has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem

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