(The Hill) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said late Thursday that the U.S. military took out another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean, killing three “narco-terrorists.”

Hegseth said the vessel was operated by a designated terrorist organization and was blown up in international waters. It is unclear which terrorist group Hegseth was referring to. No U.S. troops were harmed in the operation.

“As we’ve said before, vessel strikes on narco-terrorists will continue until their the poisoning of the American people stops,” Hegseth said in a post on social platform X. “To all narco-terrorists who threaten our homeland: if you want to stay alive, stop trafficking drugs. If you keep trafficking deadly drugs—we will kill you.”

The U.S. military has now conducted 17 strikes since t

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