More than 50 people killed in at least 13 strikes on 14 vessels as Trump administration escalates war against cartels

US forces have killed 14 people in strikes on four alleged drug boats in the Pacific, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says.

More than 50 people killed in at least 13 strikes on 14 vessels as Trump administration escalates war against cartels

The string of strikes in the Eastern Pacific Ocean brings the total known death toll from the US bombing campaign to 57.

This latest strike is the fourteenth in a string of deadly attacks under Donald Trump's controversial campaign against drug cartels in South American waters.