US kills 14 alleged drug traffickers in latest strikes in Eastern Pacific

Secretary of Conflict Pete Hegseth introduced Tuesday that the US navy has killed 14 suspected narco-terrorists in a collection of assaults on 4 suspected drug ships within the japanese Pacific.

“All strikes came about in worldwide waters and didn’t hurt any U.S. navy forces,” Hegseth added, noting that President Donald Trump ordered the strikes focusing on “Designated Terrorist Organizations (DTO) trafficking narcotics within the Jap Pacific.”

“The 4 ships have been identified to our intelligence equipment, have been working alongside identified drug trafficking routes and have been transporting narcotics. Eight male narco-terrorists have been aboard the ships in the course of the preliminary assault,” Hegseth stated.

“4 male narco-terrorists have been on board the ship in the course of the second assault. Three male narco-terrorists have been on board the ship in the course of the third assault. A complete of 14 narco-terrorists have been killed in the course of the three assaults, with one survivor,” he added.

US KILLS 6 SUSPECTED NARCO TERRORISTS IN OVERNIGHT STRIKE ON ALLEGED DRUG SMUGGLING BOAT, SAYS HEGSETH

The Conflict Division, below President Trump’s path, is conducting deadly kinetic assaults on 4 narcotics trafficking ships operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations within the Jap Pacific. (Secretary of Conflict Pete Hegseth/@SecWar)

“As for the survivor, USSOUTHCOM instantly initiated normal Search and Rescue (SAR) protocols; Mexican SAR authorities accepted the case and assumed accountability for coordinating the rescue,” Hegseth additionally stated.

“The Division has spent greater than TWO DECADES defending different homelands. Now we defend our personal nations. These narco-terrorists have killed extra Individuals than Al-Qaeda, and they are going to be handled the identical. We’ll observe them down, we are going to community them, after which we are going to hunt them down and kill them,” Hegseth declared.

US DEploys FORD CARRIER STRIKE GROUP TO FIGHT NARCO TERROR IN WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Secretary of Conflict Pete Hegseth solutions a query from a reporter throughout a roundtable dialogue on felony cartels within the State Eating Room of the White Home, Thursday, October 23, 2025. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Officers say dozens of suspected drug traffickers have been killed since September 2, when the Trump administration started focusing on boats allegedly transporting medication.

Lots of the strikes have taken place within the Caribbean.

Hegseth had introduced on Friday that the Conflict Division, below President Trump, carried out a lethal kinetic assault on a ship operated by Tren de Aragua (TdA), a Designated Terrorist Group (DTO), which traffics narcotics within the Caribbean Sea.

A suspected drug smuggling ship is proven moments earlier than it was destroyed in one other US assault on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. (X.com/SecWar)

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“Six male narco-terrorists have been on board the ship in the course of the assault, which was carried out in worldwide waters – and it was the primary assault in a single day,” Hegseth stated of that assault. “All six terrorists have been killed and no U.S. forces have been injured on this assault.”