The Pentagon said US forces hit a suspected drug-running vessel in the Pacific, killing two people and marking the first such strike there after seven earlier incidents since 2 September. Defense secretary Pete Hegseth said the boat, tracked on a known trafficking route in international waters, was struck without US casualties; video shows a blue speedboat before impact. CBS reported the location was near Colombia. The Trump administration frames the campaign as counter-narcotics amid rising friction with Bogotá. At least 36 people have died in the strikes, part of an operation that has deployed about 10,000 US troops.

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