JAKARTA - The United States (US) military has again attacked a ship suspected of transporting drugs in the East Pacific. Four people died.
"This ship, like other ships, is known to our intelligence to be involved in smuggling illegal narcotics, crossing known narcotics trade routes, and carrying narcotics," US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.
Hegseth's upload on platform X includes a 22-second video clip showing the ship in the water being hit and exploding.
Previously, the US also attacked ships suspected of being drug dealers in the eastern Pacific killing 14 suspected drug dealers and leaving one survivor.
The attack in the Pacific comes amid increasing US military power in the Caribbean which includes guided-missile destroyers, F-35 fighter jets, nuclear submarines, and thousands of troops.
The US government ordered Ford carrier task force to the region, and is expected to reach the Caribbean in the coming weeks.
Reported by Reuters, Tuesday, October 28, Defense Minister Pete Hegseth said Mexican authorities were taking over search and rescue operations for the only survivors of three attacks on Monday.
"The four ships were recognized by our intelligence forces, crossed the known narcotics trade route, and carried narcotics," Hegseth said, without providing evidence.
However, Hegseth uploaded a 30-second video, which appeared to show two ships adjacent to the water before it exploded.
Another part of the video shows the ship moving in the water before it explodes.
The attack follows at least 10 other attacks in the Caribbean and the Pacific since early September, in operations that have escalated US tensions with Venezuela and Colombia.
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