US says it killed four in strike on vessel in the Caribbean
The latest strike brings the death toll in the campaign against alleged traffickers to at least 231, U.S. officials said.
- On Saturday, the U.S. military killed four people in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea, alleging the boat was involved in drug trafficking.
- This strike continues a year-long campaign targeting those President Donald Trump calls "narcoterrorists," with the administration claiming the U.S. is in "armed conflict" with cartels in Latin America.
- U.S. Southern Command posted on Twitter that "Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking," though the military provided no evidence the vessel was carrying drugs.
- Labeled "extrajudicial killings" by rights groups, the latest incident brings the total death toll from 69 boat strikes to at least 231 since the campaign began.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently announced deals for joint military operations in Latin American countries, though Guatemala has denied reaching any such agreement with the United States.
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The US continues attacks on ships along well-known drug trafficking routes in the Caribbean. The military reports four dead "narco-terrorists" without providing any evidence.
Southern Command says intelligence confirmed vessel actively involved in drug trafficking
Once again, the U.S. military has shot at a ship in Caribbean waters, and again there have been deaths: Washington speaks of proven drug smuggling, but the US likes to be guilty of evidence.
In the past year, the US has launched dozens of attacks, killing more than 230 people in the Caribbean and Pacific, without any evidence that the vessels were involved in illegal activities.
An operation in the Caribbean, led by the Southern Command, culminated in the destruction of a speedboat linked to drug trafficking.Four individuals, qualified as narcoterrorists, died in the attack, according to U.S. military sources.
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