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US Says Two Dead In Strike On Alleged Drug-smuggling Boat In Pacific

These screen grabs show what US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says is a US military strike on a drug-smuggling boat in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (Credit: AFP)

A new US strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat killed two people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday, announcing Washington's first such attack on a vessel in the Pacific Ocean.

The strike -- which Hegseth announced in a post on X that featured a video of a boat being engulfed in flames -- brings the total number to at least eight, leaving at least 34 people dead.

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