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US military says it carried out strike in eastern Pacific, killing two people

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. military on Wednesday said it carried out a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific killing two people.The U.S. Southern Command said on X that intelligence had confirmed that the vessel "was engaged in narco-trafficking operations."

Under the Trump administration, the U.S. military has conducted numerous such attacks.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward, Writing by Christian Martinez; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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This story was originally published June 3, 2026 at 9:03 PM.

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