The US military bombed two more suspected drug smuggling vessels — this time in the Eastern Pacific — killing five “narco-terrorists” on board, War Secretary Pete Hegseth revealed

The last time Andrés Fernando Tufiño Chila’s sister heard from him was about a year ago when he told her he was heading out to fish for work, she said. Last week, she was shocked to learn that her brother was aboard an alleged drug vessel that was struck by the US military.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday said that US forces conducted a strike in the Eastern Pacific on a boat allegedly loaded with drugs, killing three people. "The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling,

The United States has launched military strikes on seven suspected drug trafficking vessels since September, killing at least 32 people.

Ecuador has released the survivor of a US strike on a submarine alleged to have been smuggling drugs in the Caribbean.