New Chilean President José Antonio Kast was part of a delegation that toured the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz during a port call in Valparaiso, Chile, last week.

The strikes, which began in early September, have killed at least 181 people in total in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

USS Nimitz held joint maritime training exercises with the military of Chile this week as the carrier continued its move to a new homeport at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia.

After Monday’s attack, the death toll since the campaign began in early September has reached at least 170.

The attacks on Saturday raise the death toll to at least 168 people since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls “narcoterrorists” in early September.

Fighter attack jets from USS Nimitz engaged in mock aerial dogfights and dropped live bombs into the sea this week as part of a joint exercise with the Ecuadorian navy.

Adm. Daryl Caudle says commanders in all theaters want aircraft carriers as the paramount response to outside threats. But the demand outstrips the supply when maintenance periods are factored in.

Top military officers and government officials from Panama and El Salvador visited the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz last week during the multinational Southern Seas 2026 naval exercise in the eastern Pacific.

The latest operation comes less than a week after a strike in the Eastern Pacific Ocean that left two dead and one survivor recovered by the Coast Guard.

The Gettysburg was among U.S. military forces deployed to the Caribbean in support of Operation Southern Spear.