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December 15, 2025

In the Eastern Pacific, the U.S. military carried out strikes on three vessels in international waters that it said were smuggling drugs. The military said intelligence confirmed the vessels were transiting known drug-trafficking routes and were engaged in drug trafficking. Eight men aboard were killed, three on the first vessel, two on the second vessel, and three on the third vessel.

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December 17, 2025

In the Eastern Pacific, the U.S. military struck a vessel in international waters that it said was smuggling drugs. The U.S. military said intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting a known drug-trafficking route and was engaged in drug-trafficking operations. Four men aboard were killed, and no U.S. military forces were harmed.

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December 18, 2025

In the Eastern Pacific, the U.S. military carried out strikes on two vessels in international waters that it said were smuggling drugs. The U.S. military said intelligence confirmed the vessels were transiting known drug-trafficking routes and were engaged in drug-trafficking operations. Five men aboard were killed, three on the first vessel and two on the second. No U.S. military forces were harmed.

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December 22, 2025

In the Eastern Pacific, the U.S. military struck a low-profile vessel it said was smuggling drugs in international waters. The military said intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting a known drug-trafficking route and was engaged in drug-trafficking operations. One man aboard was killed. No U.S. military forces were harmed.

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December 29, 2025

In the Eastern Pacific, the U.S. military struck a vessel in international waters that it said was smuggling drugs. The military said the vessel was transiting a known drug-trafficking route. Two men aboard were killed, and no U.S. military forces were harmed.

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December 30, 2025

In the Eastern Pacific, the U.S. military carried out strikes on three vessels traveling as a convoy in international waters that it said were smuggling drugs. The U.S. military said intelligence confirmed the vessels were transiting known drug-trafficking routes and had transferred narcotics among the three vessels before the strikes. On the first vessel, three men aboard were killed. On the other two vessels, four men from each jumped overboard and moved away before follow-on strikes sank those vessels, and the U.S. military notified the U.S. Coast Guard to activate search and rescue, but the active search was suspended without any recovery.

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December 31, 2025

In the Eastern Pacific, the U.S. military struck two vessels it said were smuggling drugs. The vessels were transiting known drug-trafficking routes. Five men aboard were killed, three on the first vessel and two on the second.

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January 23, 2026

In the Eastern Pacific, the U.S. military struck a vessel it said was smuggling drugs. The U.S. military said the vessel was transiting a known drug-trafficking route and was engaged in drug-trafficking operations. Two men aboard were killed, and one survived. After the strike, the U.S. military notified the U.S. Coast Guard to activate search and rescue for the survivor.

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February 5, 2026

In the Eastern Pacific, U.S. military forces struck a vessel they said was smuggling drugs. The military said intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting a known drug-trafficking route and was engaged in drug-trafficking operations. Two men aboard were killed, and no U.S. military forces were harmed.

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February 9, 2026

In the Eastern Pacific, the U.S. military carried out a strike on a vessel it said was smuggling drugs. The military said the vessel was transiting known drug-trafficking routes and was engaged in drug-smuggling operations. Two of the men aboard were killed, and one survived. After the strike, the U.S. military notified the U.S. Coast Guard to activate search and rescue for the survivor.