The United States military attacked a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing three people the US called "narcoterrorists." The US Southern Command said, "Three narcoterrorists were killed during this action. No US military forces were harmed." A video showed the boat moving on water before exploding in flames. This strike raises the death toll from Trump administration operations on suspected drug boats to 133 people. These attacks took place across at least 38 missions since early September in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific Ocean. However, the administration has shared little proof to support its claims of killing "narcoterrorists," causing debates about the legality of these strikes. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed last week that "some top cartel drug-traffickers" have stopped all narcotics operations "INDEFINITELY due to recent (highly effective) kinetic strikes in the Caribbean." But he gave no details or evidence for this statement, which appeared on his personal social media. The crackdown on drug traffickers continues amid legal and political questions about the operations.