The US military struck a suspected drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, expanding a controversial campaign against cartels that had been so far limited to the Caribbean Sea.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the strike in a social media post on Wednesday, saying “two narco-terrorists” were killed.
“Narco-terrorists intending to bring poison to our shores, will find no safe harbour anywhere in our hemisphere,” Hegseth said.
US President Donald Trump has pushed…
US widens anti-drug campaign with deadly strike on boat in Pacific
