WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The United States (US) military strike has carried out another strike on a vessel suspected of drug-smuggling in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three people as part of the Trump administration's ongoing campaign against what it describes as "narcoterrorists" operating in Latin America.

According to the US Southern Command, the vessel was targeted along a known drug-smuggling route in the eastern Pacific. The military said the operation was directed against suspected traffickers but did not provide public evidence that the boat was carrying illegal narcotics at the time of the strike. A video released online showed the vessel speeding across the water before being hit and engulfed in flames.

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