The United States carried out three distinct military strikes on Monday, October 27, 2025, destroying four small boats in the eastern Pacific that officials say were part of a drug trafficking pipeline.

The Department of War has ordered the destruction of another boat allegedly carrying "narco-terrorists" ... and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth released video of the fatal strike on social media.

The U.S. military on Wednesday launched its ninth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel, killing three people in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on social media Wednesday.

Some of President Donald Trump’s closest allies are backing the potential expansion of military action in the war on drug trafficking. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he supports extending

President Trump on Saturday said the survivors, from Ecuador and Colombia, will be returned to their countries of origin.

The Trump administration has in recent weeks launched other strikes on boats allegedly connected to Venezuelan drug cartels, but until Thursday, there had been no survivors.

President Trump ordered another lethal military strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean early Friday, signaling the administration is undeterred by mounting legal questions about the campaign. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ...