US EditionIn Its 50th Boat Strike, US Military Kills 4 ‘Narco-Terrorists’ in Eastern Pacific
SOUTHCOM said the campaign has now killed at least 174 people as critics question the evidence and legality of the strikes.
- On Tuesday, U.S. Southern Command conducted a lethal strike in the Eastern Pacific, destroying a vessel and killing four people claimed to be operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations, though no evidence was provided.
- This operation continues a campaign that began in September under President Donald Trump to combat narco-trafficking in Latin America, which the Pentagon says aims to dismantle networks and restore peace through strength.
- The latest attack brings the total death toll to at least 175 people across approximately 50 strikes since September, though the administration has offered little evidence to support its narco-terrorist labels.
- International legal experts and rights groups characterize these military actions as "extrajudicial killings," arguing that suspected traffickers should face legal processes rather than lethal force in international waters.
- Critics question the campaign's effectiveness, noting that fentanyl causing fatal overdoses is typically trafficked overland from Mexico, relying on chemical precursors imported from China and India.
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The US military has once again attacked a boat carrying suspected drug smugglers – four men were killed. This was the fourth such attack in recent days. The UN has condemned the action as a violation of international law.
Four people were killed in the attack. On Monday, a boat was also attacked because it was allegedly smuggling drugs, and on Saturday, two boats were hit.
US Strikes Vessel Allegedly Operated by Terror Orgnisations, Kills 4
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. US Southern Command, which oversees US military activities in Latin America and Caribbean, said that their intelligence confirmed that the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes. World News | US Strikes Vessel Allegedly Operated by Terror Orgnisations, Kills 4.
"Embarking navigated by known routes of drug trafficking in the Eastern Pacific," SOUTHCOM writes on social network X: "Four male drug terrorists were killed during the action".
The U.S. military attacked a suspected drug boat in the eastern Pacific. Four crew members were killed according to Southcom. The boat was on a known drug route. The data are not independently confirmed.
The US military said on Tuesday that four people were killed in an attack on a boat believed to be carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It was the fourth such attack in the past week, foreign news agencies reported.
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