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Two US strikes on alleged drug boats kill six in Pacific: Hegseth

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10-11-2025 | 08:19

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Two US strikes on alleged drug boats kill six in Pacific: Hegseth

Six more people have been killed in strikes on what the U.S. military claims were drug-running boats, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday, raising the death toll from the controversial anti-narcotics campaign to 76.

Hegseth, in a post on X, said two strikes had occurred Sunday in international waters in the eastern Pacific, targeting two boats "carrying narcotics" with three people on board each.

"All 6 were killed. No U.S. forces were harmed," he said.

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