United States Southern Command confirmed Monday that the latest military strikes against alleged drug boats in the Eastern Pacific have killed eight male narco-terrorists.

The Trump administration has largely been attacking alleged drug boats from Venezuela in its fight against drug cartels. The administration has conducted over 20 strikes against the boats, which have killed over 90 alleged "narco-terrorists." 

“On Dec. 15, at the direction of [War Secretary] Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted lethal kinetic strikes on three vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters,” SOUTHCOM wrote on X. “Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking.”

The strikes killed a total of eight men who were on three vessels. Three of the men were on the first boat, two were in the second and the final three were in the third. It was not immediately clear what country the vessels were coming from, or what drugs were on the boats.

The military strikes are part of the Trump administration's ongoing efforts to curb illicit drug smuggling operations into the United States. 

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.