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US Says It Struck Another Vessel in Eastern Pacific, Killing Three

May 30 (Reuters) – ⁠The ⁠U.S. military ⁠said on Saturday ​it had carried out ‌a strike on ‌a ⁠vessel ⁠in the eastern Pacific killing three ​men, the second strike in as ​many days.

U.S. Southern Command ⁠said in ⁠a post ⁠on X ​that intelligence had confirmed ​that ⁠the vessel was transiting along “narco-trafficking” routes in the ⁠eastern Pacific, engaged in “narco-trafficking” operations.

“Three male ⁠narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed,” it said.

This is the latest such ⁠incident over the last few months.

(Reporting by Ruchika Khanna in ​Bengaluru; Editing by ​William Mallard)

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