Oct. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. military struck another alleged drug vessel on Tuesday night, marking the eighth time the United States has targeted and destroyed an alleged drug boat since Sept. 2.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the strike in international waters on Wednesday, which was the first to occur on the Pacific Ocean off the West Coast of Central America, according to CBS News.
Seven prior strikes on alleged drug vessels were conducted in international waters in the Caribbean Sea.
The alleged drug vessel was manned by a "designated terrorist organization and conducting narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific," Hegseth said in a social media post.
Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel being operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization and conducting narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific.
