Latest US strike on alleged drug boat kills 3 in eastern Pacific
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Pentagon confirms US military killed 3 in strike on alleged drug-smuggling vessel in eastern Pacific

Associated Press—The US military conducted a lethal strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three people the Pentagon described as 'narco-terrorists,' in the latest such operation under the administration's expanded maritime interdiction campaign. An Associated Press report noted one person was killed and two survivors were taken into custody. The strike is part of an intensified series of US military actions against suspected drug boats in the region.