Washington — The U.S. military on Wednesday launched its ninth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel, killing three people in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, expanding the Trump administration’s campaign against drug trafficking in South America.

Since operations targeting suspected drug traffickers began over the summer, over 30 people have been reportedly killed.

The U.S. military killed five alleged drug smugglers in strikes against two vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday, in an expansion of the Trump administration's use of the armed forces in its counter-narcotics campaign.

The president suggested that his administration is preparing to expand its counternarcotics efforts further to also encompass targets on land.

The Trump Administration’s assault on alleged drug boats is heading west, as the U.S. military bombed a vessel in the Pacific Ocean, according to reports Wednesday. The post JUST IN: Trump’s Deadly Campaign Against Suspected Drug Boats Moves to Pacific Ocean first appeared on Mediaite.

The U.S. military launched its eighth strike against a vessel that it says was carrying drugs, killing two people in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean.

The U.S. military carried out another strike against an alleged drug vessel, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday. The

Trump has in recent days vowed to continue the attacks on boats believed to be smuggling narcotics into the U.S. and has even suggested the strikes could expand to land targets. S

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