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President Donald Trump's administration has intensified its military campaign against alleged drug smugglers, with a ninth strike announced overnight targeting a boat suspected of carrying drugs.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the ninth strike resulted in the deaths of three people. On Tuesday, the administration reported that two individuals were killed in a separate attack on a boat suspected of smuggling drugs toward the U.S.Trump has justified these military actions by asserting the U.S. is engaged in an "armed conflict" with drug cartels. He said, "We will hit them very hard when they come in by land and they haven't experienced that yet, but now we're totally prepared to do that. We'll probably go back to Congress and explain exactly what we're doing when we come to the land."Lawmakers from both political parties have expressed concerns about President Trump ordering these military actions without receiving authorization from Congress or providing many details.Typically, the Coast Guard intercepts alleged drug smugglers, arrests them, and turns them over to the court system for prosecution. The Trump administration is skipping that step and using the military to kill them. In one strike, two people survived. Instead of prosecuting them, the White House returned the alleged drug smugglers to their home countries of Ecuador and Colombia, where at least one of them did not face charges. Keep watching for the latest from the Washington News Bureau: