Two people died as a result of a US strike on a ship in the Pacific Ocean.

The armed forces of the United States attacked a ship in the eastern Pacific Ocean as part of an operation to combat drug smuggling, killing two people. This was announced on December 19 by the Southern Command of the country's Armed Forces.

"A member of the Southern Spear Joint Task Force inflicted a deadly kinetic strike on a vessel operated by terrorist organizations in international waters," the report says in X (former. Twitter).

It is specified that the vessel followed drug trafficking routes in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and also participated in drug trafficking operations.

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On December 22, the Southern Command of the US Armed Forces reported that the US navy had attacked a ship in the Pacific Ocean, killing one person. The order to strike was given by the US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

On December 9, US President Donald Trump announced that Washington was considering launching a military operation against drug trafficking from Colombia and Mexico. According to him, drug trafficking poses a threat to his state, so the White House administration is exploring all possible counteraction measures, including military ones.

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