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U.S. Southern Command said the latest strike on an alleged smuggling boat was part of a campaign that has killed at least 186 people.
- On Sunday, a U.S. Southern Command military strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed three people, with the command posting a video showing the vessel exploding.
- President Donald Trump has described the U.S. as being in "armed conflict" with cartels in Latin America, justifying the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem drug flows into the United States.
- The campaign of destroying alleged drug-trafficking vessels has killed at least 186 people since early September, with activity ramping up to at least eight boat strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific this month.
- Critics have questioned the overall legality of the strikes, as the military has not provided evidence that any targeted vessels carried drugs; Southern Command maintains it targeted alleged traffickers along known smuggling routes.
- These strikes occur amid the largest U.S. military presence in the region in generations, while the military refuses to discuss specific sources or methods for operational security reasons.
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Another strike on alleged drug boat kills 3 in eastern Pacific
The U.S. military killed three “narco-terrorists” in a strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Sunday, U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) claimed on social media. In a video posted on social platform X, the command showed a boat moving across the water for several seconds before it exploded into flames. Southcom repeated…
US Military Strikes Suspected Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific, Killing 3
The U.S. military launched a kinetic strike targeting a boat it said was ferrying drugs in the Eastern Pacific on April 26, killing three people onboard, according to U.S. Southern Command. Footage posted by Southern Command on X showed the vessel moving rapidly before it was struck and engulfed in flames. The command said intelligence had indicated the boat was operated by a designated terrorist organization and was transiting along known drug-…
In an attack on a suspected drug smuggler boat in the eastern Pacific, the U.S. military killed three people.
Three people were killed in an attack by U.S. forces against a ship in the eastern Pacific that the Pentagon accused, without proof, of engaging in drug trafficking, bringing the number of people who had been killed since September to 182. “Inteligents confirmed that the vessel was travelling along known drug trafficking routes,” the Southern Command said without providing evidence. At least seven attacks have been carried out in April. Experts …
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