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CNN- <\/strong>The US military conducted a strike against another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday, killing two people, according to US Southern Command.<\/p>

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One individual survived the strike, and SOUTHCOM said it notified the US Coast Guard to activate a search and rescue mission for the survivor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn Jan. 23, at the direction of @SecWar<\/a> Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations,\u201d SOUTHCOM wrote on X.<\/p>

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CNN has reached out to the Coast Guard for comment.<\/p>

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