The US military carried out a lethal strike on a suspected drug-smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Wednesday, killing four men aboard, US Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth announced.

“This vessel, like all the others, was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics,” Hegseth said in a post on X.

Hegseth shared a 22-second video clip showing the moment the small vessel was struck, erupting into a fiery explosion.

Earlier today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on yet another narco-trafficking vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO) in the Eastern Pacific.

This vessel, like all the others, was kn

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