The US military on Wednesday struck another vessel in the eastern Pacific that it said was involved in drug trafficking, killing four people on board, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced.

The attack, conducted in international waters, is part of Washington’s controversial anti-narcotics campaign, which has now claimed at least 62 lives since September.

“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," Hegseth said in a statement posted on X.

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

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