The U.S. military has intensified its global anti-narcotics campaign with a deadly strike in the Eastern Pacific, leaving four suspected narco-traffickers dead and one survivor rescued at sea. According to the Pentagon, the intelligence-led operation targeted multiple vessels believed to be linked to transnational cartel activity operating across the Pacific corridor. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the strike under Trump’s directive, identifying the destroyed vessel as part of a known trafficking route connecting Central America, the Pacific and Asia. WATCH

Tensions flare in the eastern Pacific as U.S. forces launch precision missile strikes on suspected narco-trafficking vessels, marking a major strategic shift from the Caribbean front. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the operation was carried out under direct presidential authorization, the first of its kind in Pacific waters. According to defense intelligence, the vessels were tied to transnational narcotics routes, leading to the deaths of five suspected narco-terrorists. The strike destroyed one small blue boat in open waters, followed by a second hit hours later on another target along a known smuggling corridor.