US EditionTrump administration announces another strike on alleged drug-carrying boat, in the Pacific Ocean
The strikes mark an expansion from the Caribbean to the eastern Pacific, with at least 37 killed in a campaign targeting drug vessels deemed unlawful combatants by the U.S. military.
- The U.S. military conducted a lethal strike on a drug-carrying vessel off Colombia, killing two suspected narco-terrorists, according to U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
- This strike represents the first military operation in the Pacific and the eighth overall since the campaign against drug traffickers began.
- Hegseth stated that the campaign will continue, emphasizing that narco-terrorists will find no refuge in the region.
- The strikes have drawn criticism from some Democrats, who questioned the legality and authority of these military actions against drug smugglers.
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Donald Trump’s campaign of using the US military to carry out extrajudicial killings of alleged drug smugglers has expanded to the Pacific ocean, with drone-launched missile attacks against two boats on Tuesday and Wednesday that killed a total of five people. The administration insisted yet again that the boats were absolutely positively carrying narcotics and that those aboard were “narco-terrorists” although yet again it offered no evidence t…
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The Latest: US strikes 2 more alleged drug-carrying boats, this time in the Pacific Ocean
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military has launched its ninth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel, killing three people in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Wednesday's strike expands the Trump administration’s campaign against drug trafficking in South America and…
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