The new attacks bring the total number of such U.S. strikes to nine.
A screenshot of the moment before a U.S. military strike on a vessel suspected of carrying narcotics through international waters near Venezuela on Oct. 21, 2025. @SecWar/Secretary of War Pete Hegseth via X
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U.S. forces carried out another lethal strike against alleged drug traffickers on Wednesday, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced.
The new lethal strike on a suspected drug trafficking boat operating in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed three people.
Ryan Morgan is a reporter for The Epoch Times focusing on military and foreign affairs.
