The United States launched a military attack against a ship suspected of links to drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific Ocean, resulting in the death of four men labeled as narcoterrorists.

The American Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, stated that the ship was known to intelligence services as being involved in the illegal drug trade. The attack was ordered by President Donald Trump and was carried out in international waters, thus continuing the military campaign of the Trump administration, which has been heavily criticized in the region. This action is part of a series of similar attacks targeting designated terrorist organizations involved in drug trafficking.