On October 28, local time, U.S. Secretary of Defense ("Secretary of War") Hagerseth announced that at the instructions of President Trump, the U.S. Department of Defense carried out three "fatal strikes" on four ships operated by drug trafficking terrorist organizations in the Eastern Pacific.

Intelligence shows that these ships transport drugs according to established drug trafficking routes. Three airstrikes killed 14 drug traffickers, one survived, and no Americans were killed.All operations are carried out in international waters.

He pointed out that the rescue efforts for the survivors had been initiated by the U.S. Southern Command and coordinated by the Mexican search and rescue agency.

Earlier this month, the Trump administration submitted a memorandum to Congress stating that the United States and a drug trafficking group identified by the United States as a terrorist organization ¡°are in a non-international armed conflict.¡±

Recently, the United States deployed multiple warships in the Caribbean waters on the grounds of "combating drug trafficking." Since September, the Trump administration has claimed to have sunk several so-called "drug trafficking ships" in international waters off Venezuela. Recent reports from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration show that Venezuela is not the main source of drugs flowing into the United States. The Venezuelan government has repeatedly accused the United States of attempting to instigate regime change in Venezuela through military threats and carry out military expansion in Latin America.

Source: CCTV News Editor: Jing Qiu