U.S. forces conducted another strike Tuesday on an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reported.

The attack was carried out at the direction of President Trump, Hegseth said in a social media post that included unclassified video of the strike.

"Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics," Hegseth said.

"Two male narco-terrorists" aboard the vessel were killed, the defense secretary added, noting that no U.S. personnel were killed in the operation. No further information was provided.

Dating back to early September, the Trump administration has reported well over a dozen such strikes in t

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