US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he had directed a military strike on a vessel ferrying drugs from Venezuela, killing four people on board, as the Donald Trump administration pressed ahead with its campaign to treat drug traffickers as “unlawful combatants at war with the United States."

“Our intelligence, without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics, the people onboard were narco-terrorists, and they were operating on a known narco-trafficking transit route," Pete Hegseth said, adding, “These strikes will continue until the attacks on the American people are over!!!!"

Pete Hegseth emphasized that no US service members were injured in the latest operation. The Pentagon has signaled that more such strikes could follow, with officials arguing they are essenti

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