WASHINGTON — The U.S. military launched its eighth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel , killing two people in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday, marking an expansion of the Trump administration's campaign against drug trafficking in South America .

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says in a social media post the U.S. military conducted its eighth strike against an alleged drug vessel

The Tuesday night strike occurred in the eastern Pacific Ocean

The seven previous strikes all targeted vessels in the Caribbean

Hegseth said Wednesday in a social media post the strike killed two people, bringing the death toll from all the attacks that began last month to at least 34 people

The attack Tuesday nigh

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