U.S. Widens Campaign Against Alleged Drug Boats With Eastern Pacific Strikes

The U.S. said Wednesday it had struck two suspected drug boats on the Pacific side of South America, widening its campaign against alleged drug trafficking and transnational crime.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted videos of the strikes on X and said one took place Tuesday in the eastern Pacific Ocean and another Wednesday. The two attacks killed five people on board the boats, he said, without providing more details about the vessels or their precise locations except to say that the strikes occurred in international waters.