News - U.S. Army attacks three vessels in the Pacific; there are eight dead.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States Armed Forces said on Monday that they launched strikes against three vessels that were allegedly smuggling drugs in Pacific waters off the coast of South America, leaving eight people dead. It added in a statement posted on social media that the strikes were against 'designated terrorist organizations'. They left three dead on the first vessel, two on the second, and three on the third. There was no evidence presented. The White House has said that the United States is in an armed conflict with drug cartels as it tries to curb the flow of illegal drugs into the country. This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.