The U.S. military announced that it targeted a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean late Friday, which intelligence identified as a drug-trafficking vessel, killing three people on board. The U.S. Southern Command stated the boat was using established narco-trafficking maritime routes.

The U.S. Southern Command said the US military carried out another strike against an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, killing two people.

The U.S. military killed six people overnight in what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on social media Friday as the 10th reported strike on a boat allegedly involved in drug smuggling.