Afghanistan, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. military killed five suspected drug traffickers in strikes on two vessels in the eastern Pacific, part of President Trump's expanded anti-narcotics campaign.
President Donald Trump has defended a series of U.S. military strikes in the eastern Pacific Ocean that killed five suspected drug traffickers, calling the operations lawful and necessary to protect American lives.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that American forces carried out the attacks on two vessels this week as part of Washington's intensified campaign against narcotics networks. One strike on Tuesday targeted a suspected smuggling boat, killing two men onboard.
The Pentagon said the operations marked the first publicly acknowled...