US strikes on three vessels in eastern Pacific kill eight: US military

Strikes on three alleged narco-trafficking vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed eight people on Monday, according to the US military, as part of an ongoing campaign that has ended more than 90 lives.“Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking,” US Southern Command said in a post on X, adding that “a total of eight male narco-terrorists were killed during these actions—three in the first vessel, two in the second and three in the third.”For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The post includes video footage of three separate boats floating in water before they are each hit by strikes.Since early September, the US military under Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has targeted alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, destroying at least 26 vessels and killing at least 95 people.The strikes have been