US says it killed four people in latest strike on alleged drug vessel
Oct 31, 2025
Washington [US], October 31: The White House said United States forces bombed another alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four men, just days after confirming it had killed 14 people in three strikes on vessels in the area.
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in a post on X late on Wednesday that the "Department of War", the name President Donald Trump's administration has given to the recently rebranded Defense Department, had "carried out a lethal kinetic strike on yet another narco-trafficking vessel". Hegseth said "four male narco-terrorists" were killed on the vessel, which was "operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization". He did not provide an exact location for the attack but said it was conducted in international waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean. (Agencies)
Source: Qatar Tribune
