US military says it carried out strikes on two vessels, killing five

The U.S. military said on Thursday it carried out kinetic strikes on two vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Eastern Pacific.
"A total of five male narco-terrorists were killed during these actions — three in the first vessel and two in the second vessel. No U.S. military forces were harmed," the U.S. Southern Command said on X.
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