The U.S. military said it had conducted another strike against a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, following a pause of almost three weeks.

It is the 22nd such strike against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific that the Trump administration claimed were trafficking drugs.

There were four casualties, according to the social media post, bringing the death toll of the campaign to at least 87 people.

In a video that accompanied the announcement, a small boat can be seen moving across the water before it is suddenly consumed by a large explosion. The video then zooms out to show the boat covered in flames and billowing smoke.

The strike was conducted the same day Admiral Frank "Mitch" Bradley appeared for a series of closed-door briefings at the U.S. Capitol as

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