"Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the strike on social media Wednesday, saying it took place a day prior. Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel being operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization and conducting narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific, Hegseth wrote. There were two narco-terrorists aboard the vessel during the strike, which was conducted in international waters. Both terrorists were killed."
"A video accompanying Hegseth's post shows missile striking a small blue boat clipping across the water, which subsequently erupts in flames. The newly announced strike opens a new front in President Donald Trump's growing military campaign against Latin American cartels, fuelling questions about the limits and legality of his actions. Still, the Trump administration has justified the deadly bombing campaign as necessary to protect US citizens from illicit drugs. It has sought to frame drug traffickers as enemy combatants, a theme Hegseth reprised in Wednesday's statement."
U.S. forces conducted an eighth military strike on a vessel alleged to be carrying illicit drugs, this time in the Pacific Ocean. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the strike on social media and said it occurred at the direction of President Trump. The Department of War described the vessel as operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific. Two individuals described as narco-terrorists were aboard and were killed in the strike, which occurred in international waters. A video shows a missile hitting a small blue boat that erupts in flames. The operation expands the campaign against Latin American cartels and raises questions about legal limits and the classification of traffickers as enemy combatants.
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