According to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, U.S. military assets carried out three strikes on four vessels in the Pacific Ocean Monday, marking at least 13 strikes on 14 vessels since early September.
At least one person survived the latest attacks, he said.
“The four vessels were known by our intelligence apparatus, transiting along known narco-trafficking routes, and carrying narcotics,” according to Hegseth.
Eight men were killed in the first strike, another four men were killed in a second strike, and three more men were killed in a third strike, he said.