Since operations targeting suspected drug traffickers began over the summer, over 30 people have been reportedly killed.

As the White House launches its eighth operation against alleged drug smugglers in international waters, there’s still no evidence to support its claims.

Hegseth said Friday that the U.S. struck a boat allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea, marking at least the third time this week that the U.S. has attacked a vessel it says was involved in drug trafficking.

Three people were killed and no US forces were harmed in the strike on Wednesday, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said. It comes a day after the US struck another boat in the Pacific, killing two people. Both vessels were believed to be carrying drugs along known trafficking routes in international waters, Hegseth added.