U.S. forces killed 14 people in strikes that destroyed four alleged drug-smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday (October 28, 2025), bringing the death toll from Washington's controversial anti-narcotics campaign to at least 57.
The United States began carrying out the strikes — which experts say amount to extrajudicial killings even if they target known traffickers — in early September, and has now destroyed at least
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