The U.S. military announced Monday night that a strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed one "narco-terrorist."

Axar.az informs, citing NBC news, U.S. Southern Command said on X that military personnel conducted a lethal strike at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s direction on a vessel "transiting along known narco-trafficking routes" that was "engaged in narco-trafficking operations."

The Defense Department has repeatedly said targeted vessels are carrying narcotics to the United States.

The United States has conducted more than two dozen strikes against alleged drug boats, killing over 100 people in the Pacific and Caribbean since September, according to the Pentagon.