President Donald Trump speaks throughout a Cupboard assembly on the White Home, Wednesday, Could 27, 2026, in Washington, as Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth, appears to be like on.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. navy stated it carried out one other strike Saturday on a ship accused of smuggling medication within the japanese Pacific Ocean, killing three males within the fourth assault this week and placing the entire dying toll at 205.
U.S. Southern Command introduced the strike with its regular language that the vessel was “engaged in narco-trafficking operations” and operated by a delegated terrorist group. It offered no proof for the allegation.
It is the most recent in a monthslong marketing campaign in opposition to alleged drug boats traversing the Caribbean Sea and japanese Pacific.
Video launched by the navy on social media reveals a small vessel floating within the ocean earlier than it is hit and engulfed in a fireball.
The assault brings the dying toll to 205 in a collection of U.S. strikes that started in early September, with different assaults introduced on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. The Trump administration has declared that the U.S. is at armed battle with Latin American drug cartels, saying they’re behind the stream of medicine into American communities.
U.S. Southern Command stated in its submit on X that the strike got here on the course of Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the highest U.S. commander in Latin America.
