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The U.S. military<\/a> carried out another strike on a suspected drug vessel, this time in the Eastern Pacific, Secretary of War<\/u><\/a> Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The strike Tuesday against a boat allegedly carrying drugs is the eighth conducted by the Trump administration. The previous seven happened in the Carribean. \u00a0<\/p>\n

“Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel being operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization and conducting narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific. The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking transit route, and carrying narcotics,” Hegseth said.<\/p>\n

“There were two narco-terrorists aboard the vessel during the strike, which was conducted in international waters. Both terrorists were killed and no U.S. forces were harmed in this strike,” he added.<\/p>\n

3 KILLED IN US STRIKE ON COLOMBIAN ELN VESSEL SMUGGLING NARCOTICS, HEGSETH SAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Hegseth announced that three alleged narco-terrorists were killed in a U.S. strike on a drug smuggling vessel affiliated with Colombia\u2019s National Liberation Army.<\/p>\n

That “lethal kinetic strike” happened Friday in international waters at the direction of President Donald Trump<\/u><\/a>, Hegseth wrote in a post on X.<\/p>\n

“The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was traveling along a known narco-trafficking route, and was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics,” Hegseth wrote. “There were three male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel during the strike\u2014which was conducted in international waters.”<\/p>\n

“All three terrorists were killed and no U.S. forces were harmed in this strike,” he added.<\/p>\n

Colombia\u2019s Ej\u00e9rcito de Liberaci\u00f3n Nacional (ELN) is a Designated Terrorist Organization<\/u><\/a>. Hegseth likened the Colombian rebel group to the Al Qaeda terror group founded by Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

TRUMP GOES ALL-OUT AGAINST COLOMBIA’S PETRO AFTER CLAIMS DRUG STRIKE KILLED FISHERMAN: WHAT WE KNOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The death toll from the Trump administration\u2019s military campaign against suspected drug-smuggling vessels is at least 33. The operations began last month and are part of Trump\u2019s broader effort to dismantle transnational cartels<\/u><\/a> by force.<\/p>\n

Last Thursday, the U.S. military carried out a strike on what Trump later called a “very large drug-carrying submarine” in the Caribbean, killing two suspected narco-terrorists<\/u><\/a> and capturing two others alive.<\/p>\n

A separate strike on Tuesday killed six suspected smugglers aboard a vessel off the coast of Venezuela.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/us-strikes-8th-alleged-drug-vessel-eastern-pacific-hegseth-says <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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