Drug Ships In The Pacific Again Attacked By The US Military, 2 People Died

US military attack on drug ships/Screenshot via X @PeteHegseth

JAKARTA - The US military killed two people in an attack on a ship suspected of transporting drugs in international waters in the East Pacific.

"The intelligence confirms that the ship was involved in smuggling illegal narcotics, crossing known narcotics trade routes, and carrying narcotics," US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in an X post.

Last week, the US also 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 at that time included 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.