The United States has carried out another strike against an alleged drug vessel, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday.

The United States carried out a precision strike on a suspected drug-smuggling vessel in international waters off the Pacific coast of South America, marking the eighth such operation since September ...

Hegseth accused the vessel of carrying narcotics and transiting along a known drug-trafficking transit route.

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