Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday morning that the U.S. military conducted strikes against two alleged drug trafficking boats in the Eastern Pacific, killing six “narco-terrorists.”

Hegseth said both strikes, which took place Sunday, were conducted in international waters against vessels operated by a designated terrorist organization. He did not specify which organization the boats were related to.

Both boats were carrying narcotics and were transiting along a “known narco-trafficking transit route” in the Eastern Pacific, according to Hegseth.

Three alleged “narco-terrorists” were on each boat and no U.S. forces were injured in the operations, he added.

“Under President Trump, we are protecting the homeland and killing these cartel terrorists who wish to harm........

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