Topline
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.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Argentina’s President Javier Milei at the White House in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Key Facts
The strike killed two on board, Hegseth announced Wednesday, writing on X “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.”
The attack is the eighth known strike on an alleged drug vessel since early September and the first outside the Caribbean.
This is a developing story and will be updated.