Hegseth Says US Attacked 2 Drug Boats in Eastern Pacific

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said U.S. forces killed six drug runners in the pair of Nov. 9 strikes.
Hegseth Says US Attacked 2 Drug Boats in Eastern Pacific
A screenshot of the moment before a U.S. military strike on a vessel suspected of carrying narcotics in the eastern Caribbean on Nov. 9, 2025. @SecWar/Secretary of War Pete Hegseth via X
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U.S. forces struck a pair of drug trafficking vessels in the eastern Pacific on Nov. 9, as part of a continuing U.S. military campaign along the coast of South and Central America.

“Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, two lethal kinetic strikes were conducted on two vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations,” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said in a Nov. 10 X post announcing the latest U.S. strikes.