Four people died Wednesday in a U.S. military attack on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific, the Pentagon reported. This is the latest in a series of attacks dating back to early September that the United States has carried out against what it claims are drug trafficking vessels in the region. In a social media post, U.S. Southern Command, which oversees U.S. military operations in Central and South America, indicated that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the “lethal kinetic strike against a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization in international waters.” As with previous attacks, Southern Command also released unclassified video footage showing the ship at the moment of impact. “Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was transiting a known drug trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific and engaged in drug trafficking operations,” Southern Command stated. The victims were described as “four male narco-terrorists.” The U.S. military provided no evidence to support allegations that the ship was carrying drugs, CBS News reported. The U.S. military has carried out 26 attacks against suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific or the Caribbean since September 2, killing at least 99 people, according to the Pentagon. The new attack was announced minutes before President Donald Trump was scheduled to make an announcement from the White House, in which he reviewed the first 11 months of his administration. Last Tuesday, Trump ordered the seizure of all sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers, as was done with one last week in the Caribbean that was towed to a U.S. port. In recent weeks, the attacks have come under renewed scrutiny after the White House, following a report by The Washington Post, confirmed that in the September 2 attack,The same ship was hit twice, which has been described as a “double hit” or consecutive attack. A total of 11 people were killed in both attacks on September 2, according to the U.S. military. While video of the September 2 attacks has been shown to some members of Congress in classified briefings, the Pentagon has been pressured to release it. However, Hegseth stated that he would not. “Of course we’re not going to release a top-secret, complete, unedited video of that to the general public,” Hegseth told reporters. Some lawmakers and legal experts have argued that the second attack could constitute a war crime. The attacks on vessels have been part of a pressure campaign by the Trump administration against embattled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, whom it accuses of being involved in drug trafficking to the United States and collaborating with drug cartels. Venezuela has criticized the attacks on vessels, and Maduro denies collaborating with drug cartels. The Venezuelan government has accused the Trump administration of seeking regime change.