US EditionUS military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people
- 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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U.S. military says it struck three boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing eight
The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people, as scrutiny over the boat strikes is intensifying in Congress.
The U.S. Southern Command claimed on Monday night to have carried out attacks on three ships in international waters, in which eight people were killed. The latest bombings against the alleged narco-lanches took place in the eastern Pacific, near Colombia, and there were hours before Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and State Secretary Marco Rubio returned to the U.S. Congress to meet with legislators who have demanded more information about the T…
The US military has released a video of airstrikes on three boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing eight people.
U.S. Military Destroys Another Three Drug Boats in Pacific, Killing Eight.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. military struck three drug trafficking boats in the Eastern Pacific, resulting in the death of eight narco-terrorists.WHO WAS INVOLVED: The U.S. military’s Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and cartels designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) by the Trump administration.WHEN & WHERE: The strikes occurred on a Monday in the Eastern Pacific.KEY QUOTE: “Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transitin…
U.S Military Takes Out 3 More Drug Vessels, Killing a ‘Total of Eight Male Narco-Terrorists’
The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has confirmed that U.S. forces carried out a new series of lethal military strikes against multiple vessels operated by designated terrorist organizations. The post U.S Military Takes Out 3 More Drug Vessels, Killing a ‘Total of Eight Male Narco-Terrorists’ appeared first on Slay News.
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This document analyzes the legality of these strikes under international law and explains why international human rights law—rather than international humanitarian law (“the laws of war”)—governs that analysis.
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