(The Hill) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the United States military conducted another strike against an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing four “narco-terrorists” on Wednesday.

Hegseth said the vessel was operated by a designated terrorist organization and was transiting along a “known narco-trafficking route.” It is unclear which designated terrorist organization the defense secretary is referring to.

The strike was conducted in international waters, and no U.S. forces were injured in the operation, according to Hegseth.

“The Western Hemisphere is no longer a safe haven for narco-terrorists bringing drugs to our shores to poison Americans,” the defense secretary said in a Wednesday evening post on social platform X. “The Department of War wi

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