US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that the American military "carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean." According to him, "three people who were on board the boat were killed." Under President Donald Trump's orders, the US has begun attacking what it calls "drug boats" in recent weeks, as part of a broad military campaign it launched against smuggling into the country. The campaign is causing significant tension with Venezuela, whose president Nicolas Maduro earlier claimed that his country has "5,000 anti-aircraft missiles - against the threats from the US."