{"id":53648,"date":"2025-10-30T00:33:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T00:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-says-it-struck-another-alleged-drug-boat-in-pacific-killing-4\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T00:33:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T00:33:04","slug":"trump-administration-says-it-struck-another-alleged-drug-boat-in-pacific-killing-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-says-it-struck-another-alleged-drug-boat-in-pacific-killing-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration says it struck another alleged drug boat in Pacific, killing 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The U.S. military carried out another strike on an alleged &#8220;narco-trafficking vessel&#8221; in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, killing four people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecWar\/status\/1983676996220588093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> \u2014 marking at least the 15th boat to be hit in the Trump administration&#8217;s two-month-long campaign of strikes that have killed more than 60 people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth posted a video of a boat strike on X. He said the strike was conducted in international waters, and alleged that the boat was operated by an unnamed designated terrorist organization. He said no U.S. forces were harmed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/30\/07299c48-f877-450c-8211-bd34c1790905\/thumbnail\/620x351\/af1354bf3d4d59bc6082c8b96fb1fdac\/screenshot-2025-10-29-at-7-59-28-pm.png#\" alt=\"screenshot-2025-10-29-at-7-59-28-pm.png \" height=\"351\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/10\/30\/07299c48-f877-450c-8211-bd34c1790905\/thumbnail\/620x351\/af1354bf3d4d59bc6082c8b96fb1fdac\/screenshot-2025-10-29-at-7-59-28-pm.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">An image of Wednesday&#8217;s boat strike posted to X by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The military began striking alleged drug-carrying boats in the Caribbean Sea early last month, and expanded the gambit to the Eastern Pacific in recent weeks. In some \u2014 but not all \u2014 cases, the Trump administration <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/new-us-strike-alleged-drug-boat-kills-6-hegseth-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">has said<\/a><\/span> the boats were linked to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.<\/p>\n<p>The administration has vowed to continue carrying out the strikes, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-tells-congress-armed-conflict-drug-cartels-venezuela-boat-strikes\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">arguing<\/a><\/span> the U.S. is in an &#8220;armed conflict&#8221; with drug cartels and gangs in Latin America, many of which the U.S. has designated as foreign terrorist organizations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Western Hemisphere is no longer a safe haven for narco-terrorists bringing drugs to our shores to poison Americans,&#8221; Hegseth wrote Wednesday on X. &#8220;The Department of War will continue to hunt them down and eliminate them wherever they operate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump has also floated the possibility of strikes on land-based targets, saying last week, &#8220;the land is going to be next.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The campaign has <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/senate-war-powers-trump-venezuela-boat-strikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">drawn pushback from some lawmakers<\/a><\/span>\u00a0who want more evidence that the targets were actually smuggling drugs and warn that it could draw the U.S. into a conflict in the region. Congress has not authorized the strikes, though the Trump administration argues it doesn&#8217;t need permission from the legislature.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuela and Colombia have also expressed outrage over the strikes, which are part of a broader military buildup in the Caribbean, with several U.S. ships and thousands of troops <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-warship-docks-trinidad-and-tobago-venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">deploying to the region<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The administration has heaped pressure on the government of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, accusing him of partnering with drug traffickers \u2014 a charge he denies. 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