US Strikes Two More ‘Narco’ Boats in Pacific, Killing Six

Nov. 10, 2025, 5:24 PM UTC

The US military destroyed two alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Sunday, killing six more people in the latest attack in the eastern Pacific.

The strikes took place in international waters and were approved by President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote in a post on X.

“These vessels were known by our intelligence to be associated with illicit narcotics smuggling, were carrying narcotics, and were transiting along a known narco-trafficking transit route in the Eastern Pacific,” Hegseth wrote Monday.

The Trump administration has killed roughly 75 alleged “narco-terrorists” since September in an attempt to ...

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