Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the military struck four suspected drug boats in the Eastern Pacific on Monday.
One survived the attack.
Hegseth wrote on X:
Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out three lethal kinetic strikes on four vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations (DTO) trafficking narcotics in the Eastern Pacific.The four vessels were known by our intelligence apparatus, transiting along known narco-trafficking routes, and carrying narcotics.Eight male narco-terrorists were aboard the vessels during the first strike. Four male narco-terrorists were aboard the vessel during the second strike. Three male narco-terrorists were aboard the vessel during the third strike. A total of 14 narco-terrorists were killed during the three strikes, with one survivor. All strikes were in international waters with no U.S. forces harmed.Regarding the survivor, USSOUTHCOM immediately initiated Search and Rescue (SAR) standard protocols; Mexican SAR authorities accepted the case and assumed responsibility for coordinating the rescue.The Department has spent over TWO DECADES defending other homelands. Now, we’re defending our own. These narco-terrorists have killed more Americans than Al-Qaeda, and they will be treated the same. We will track them, we will network them, and then, we will hunt and kill them.
The military has struck many suspected drug boats since September, mainly in the Caribbean.
This is the second strike in the Eastern Pacific.
Last week, the military took out a boat operated by Tren de Aragua (TdA) in the Caribbean.
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