(CNN) — The US military carried out another attack against suspected drug boats on Sunday, killing six people in the Eastern Pacific according to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

The military launched two lethal strikes against two separate vessels “operated by designated terrorist organizations,” Hegseth wrote on X , without disclosing which organizations the ships’ crew are believed to have been affiliated with.

“These vessels were known by our intelligence to be associated with illicit narcotics smuggling, were carrying narcotics, and were transiting along a known narco-trafficking transit route in the Eastern Pacific,” Hegseth said.

The US military has killed 76 people in 19 strikes that have destroyed 20 boats as part of a campaign that Washington says is aimed at curtailing t

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