3 killed on Friday in another U.S. military boat strike in the Pacific. 137 people have been killed since September; 11 people this past week.

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The U.S. military has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three individuals.

The U.S. military conducted a strike against an alleged drug trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific on Friday, resulting in the deaths of 3 individuals.

U.S. Southern Command stated that intelligence confirmed the boat was engaged in narco trafficking operations while transiting known smuggling routes.

This latest action follows a series of similar strikes earlier in the week that killed 11 people across the Pacific and Caribbean, bringing the total number of fatalities from such operations to at least 137 since September.

Source: NBC News