Pete Hegseth, strike and the vessel
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Ecuador has released the survivor of a U.S. strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, citing no evidence the man committed a crime.
A U.S. strike against an alleged drug vessel killed six suspected "narco-terrorists" in the Caribbean, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday (October 24), the latest operation in President Donald Trump's counter-drug campaign in the region.