This brings the death toll from Washington’s anti-narcotics campaign to at least 70. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The United States has killed three people in a military strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Thursday night, the 17th attack on vessels in international waters since September.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced another deadly U.S. strike on a boat he said was trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean Sea.

The Trump administration escalates military action with a 17th strike on a drug boat, raising death toll to 69.

The death toll from Washington’s controversial anti-narcotics campaign has reached at least 70.

U.S. forces struck another boat in the Caribbean Thursday, killing 3 people and bringing the death toll from the anti-drug campaign to 70.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced another deadly strike against a vessel trafficking drugs, noting that three "narco-terrorists" had been killed.

Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan war powers resolution to end President Trump's Caribbean drug boat strikes and possibly future military action without consent from Congress.