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On Saturday, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed that the U.S. military executed another deadly strike targeting suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea.
In a social media post, Hegseth reported that the vessel targeted was operated by a group recognized as a terrorist organization by the United States, though he did not specify the group’s identity. The strike resulted in the deaths of three individuals.
This marks at least the 15th operation of its kind conducted by the U.S. military in the Caribbean or the eastern Pacific since early September.
“This vessel, like every other we’ve targeted, was identified by our intelligence as being involved in illegal narcotics smuggling. It was navigating a well-known drug-trafficking route and was carrying narcotics,” Hegseth stated on X.
