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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kelly Rissman

Trump administration: President expands ‘narco’ boat strikes to Pacific Ocean as at least 34 killed in ongoing campaign

U.S. strikes on suspected drug-carrying vessels have expanded to the Pacific Ocean, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed what appears to be the eighth targeted hit since last month.

The vessel “was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking transit route, and carrying narcotics,” Hegseth announced in a social media post Wednesday.

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