WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has seized survivors after a strike Thursday on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, the first since President Donald Trump began launching deadly attacks in the region this summer, a defence official and another person familiar with the matter said Friday.

It is believed to be at least the sixth strike since August, and the first to result in survivors who were picked up by the U.S. military. It was not immediately clear what would be done with the individuals, who the person said were believed to be held aboard a U.S. military vessel.

They confirmed the strike on the condition of anonymity because it has not yet been publicly acknowledged by Trump’s administration.

This strike on Thursday brings the death toll from the Trump administration’s mi

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