The US military has carried out a fresh strike on what it claims are drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea - as tensions with Venezuela remain high.

Secretary for War Pete Hegseth announced the strike on Saturday, claiming the vessel was operated by a US-designated terrorist organisation, but did not name which group was targeted.

He said three people were killed.

"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," he said.

It's at least the 15th strike by the US in the Caribbean or eastern Pacific since early September - operations that Venezuela has said amount to murder and whose legal justification is unclear.

At least 64 people have now been

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