The U.S. military carried out strikes on four different vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing 14 people on Monday, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced on Tuesday.

“Yesterday, at the direction of President [Donald] Trump, the Department of War carried out three lethal kinetic strikes on four vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations (DTO) trafficking narcotics in the Eastern Pacific. The four vessels were known by our intelligence apparatus, transiting along known narco-trafficking routes, and carrying narcotics,” he said.