US defence chief announces another attack on alleged drug-running boat
(FILES) US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during join press conference with Poland's Defence Minister after their meeting at the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Warsaw on February 14, 2025. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)
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October 19, 2025

US defence chief announces another attack on alleged drug-running boat

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States has conducted another strike on an alleged drug-running boat in international waters, killing three “narco-terrorists,” US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Sunday.

In a post on X, Hegseth said the strike, carried out on Friday, targeted a vessel affiliated with Colombia’s ELN guerrilla group, which “was travelling along a known narco-trafficking route, and was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics.”

Hegseth didn’t specify where the strike took place, but said the boat was operating in an area overseen by the Southern Command, which oversees US military operations in Latin America

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