"WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced yet another deadly strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, coming the same day an aircraft carrier began heading to the region in a new expansion of military firepower. The attack Tuesday killed two people aboard the vessel, Hegseth said, bringing the death toll from the Trump administration's campaign in South American waters up to at least 66 people in at least 16 strikes."
"President Donald Trump has justified the strikes by saying the United States is in "armed conflict" with drug cartels and claiming the boats are operated by foreign terror organizations. The administration has not provided evidence or more details. "We will find and terminate EVERY vessel with the intention of trafficking drugs to America to poison our citizens," Hegseth posted while on a trip to Asia."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a deadly strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific, killing two people and raising the campaign death toll to at least 66 in at least 16 strikes. President Donald Trump framed the operations as part of an "armed conflict" with drug cartels and suggested links to foreign terror organizations, while the administration has not provided supporting evidence. Hegseth vowed to stop vessels trafficking drugs to the United States. Lawmakers have sought legal justification and target details, and the U.N. human rights chief urged halting the attacks to prevent extrajudicial killings. The USS Gerald R. Ford left the Mediterranean en route to the Caribbean to join a broader U.S. military buildup.
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