Three people were killed and no US forces were harmed in the strike on Wednesday, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said. It comes a day after the US struck another boat in the Pacific, killing two people. Both vessels were believed to be carrying drugs along known trafficking routes in international waters, Hegseth added.

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