Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addresses a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. Omar Havana/AP/File

The US military is holding two survivors on a Navy ship after the US carried out a Thursday strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, according to three US officials.

The strike, which has not been publicly acknowledged by the Trump administration, was the sixth known strike on an boat allegedly involved in drug trafficking. But it appeared to mark the first time an attack had not killed everyone on board.

It is unclear what the US is going to do with the survivors being detained, the sources said.

US Southern Command, which is responsible for military operations in the region, referred CNN to the White

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