US military strikes suspected drug vessel in the Pacific

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US carries out 8th strike on alleged drug vessel, this time in Eastern Pacific, Hegseth says

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

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US strikes 2nd alleged drug cartel vessel in Pacific, in expansion of attacks

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US military strikes 2 boats in Pacific in apparent expansion of campaign against alleged drug trafficking

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U.S. Deploys Aircraft Carrier to Latin America, a Major Escalation

The Trump administration announced another attack, its 10th, in its campaign against what it said were vessels smuggling drugs headed for the United States.

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U.S. says it hit 2 more drug boats — this time in the eastern Pacific

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Hegseth announces 10th strike on alleged drug boat; 6 killed

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US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military buildup

Hegseth said the strike happened in international waters and boasted that it was the first one conducted at night.

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The lethal strike was the 10th in less than two months, with more than 40 now dead.

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U.S. sends aircraft carrier strike group to Caribbean as Trump escalates war on drugs

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U.S. Military Attacks Another Suspected Drug Boat—This Time In Pacific

The U.S. military struck a suspected drug boat Wednesday in the Pacific Ocean, expanding its crackdown on so-called narco-terrorists outside of the Caribbean Sea for the first time since it began the strikes, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.

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US military strikes suspected drug vessels in the eastern Pacific ocean

The U.S. military killed five alleged drug smugglers in strikes against two vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday, in an expansion of the Trump administration's use of the armed forces in its counter-narcotics campaign.

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US Military's Intensified Campaign Against Drug Cartels

The US military has increased its strikes on vessels suspected of drug trafficking, conducting its 10th attack, which resulted in six deaths. The recent operations are linked to the Tren de Aragua gang.

Trump says U.S. may perform land-based strikes against drug traffickers in Venezuela

President Donald Trump said he may authorize U.S. land-based military strikes against Venezuelan drug traffickers, citing a rise in cartel activity. The U.S. has deployed more than 10,000 troops, multiple Navy ships and F-35 fighters around Venezuela,