US EditionUS military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people
The strikes are part of a campaign targeting narco-terrorist groups, with 25 known attacks since September killing at least 95 people, U.S. Southern Command said.
- Monday's strikes in the eastern Pacific, the military said, reportedly targeted three boats accused of drug smuggling, killing eight people.
- The campaign has built the U.S. military's largest regional presence in decades, targeting smuggling routes in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, while ramping up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and seizing a sanctioned oil tanker last week.
- The military said the strikes targeted `designated terrorist organizations` and posted video of a boat exploding but did not provide publicly released evidence of alleged drug trafficking.
- On the eve of briefings, lawmakers on Capitol Hill intensify scrutiny of a campaign that has killed at least 95 people in 25 known strikes since early September.
- President Donald Trump has framed the strikes as part of an `armed conflict` with drug cartels and said land attacks are 'coming soon', while Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro insists the operations aim to oust him.
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WASHINGTON.- The U.S. military announced a new attack on three alleged “narcolanchas” in the eastern Pacific, the framework of a military campaign that raises doubts about their legality and seeks to increase pressure on the regime of Nicolás Maduro, which already left 95 dead.The action was carried out on Monday, under the direction of the Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth, according to the U.S. Army Southern Command, who stated that the operation l…
The US Department of Defense said the US military attacked three vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing eight people. Washington claims they were drug-trafficking boats.
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The US military said on Monday it had carried out several attacks on drug boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing eight people.
US kills 8 in eastern Pacific strikes on alleged drug boats
Strikes on three alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed eight people on Monday, according to the US military, the latest in a controversial campaign that has killed dozens of people.
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