US EditionPentagon says it struck another suspected drug boat in Pacific, killing three
- U.S. Southern Command announced Sunday that its forces struck a vessel on Saturday in the Eastern Pacific, killing three people in the 21st such strike in recent weeks.
- The Trump administration says the strikes are part of an anti-drug offensive, framing the fight as armed conflict and citing a Justice Department opinion amid the USS Gerald R. Ford's arrival.
- U.S. Southern Command released video it said shows the strike and the boat engulfed in flames, alleging it carried narcotics along a known route and was run by a `Designated Terrorist Organization`, though NBC News has not independently confirmed this.
- After the latest announcement, critics in Congress and abroad questioned the strikes' legality as regional leaders, the U.N. human rights chief, Senator Lisa Murkowski , and Senator Rand Paul pressed for authorization; Paul said the strikes `go against all of our tradition`.
- Since September, U.S. forces have carried out a series of strikes that number at least 22 vessels, Pentagon figures say the strikes have killed more than 80 people.
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Three more suspected narco-terrorists were killed in the Eastern Pacific as U.S. forces carried out another strike targeting drug-smuggling vessels. According to the U.S. Southern Command, this was the first-ever strike against an alleged narco-terrorist vessel in the Eastern Pacific and was carried out under the new Operation Southern Spear. “On Nov. 15, at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conduct…
US Takes Out Drug Boat in Caribbean Sea Under Newly Unveiled "Operation Southern Spear" as White House Plans to Continue Strikes
The US military on Saturday executed another strike on a drug trafficking vessel operated by narcoterrorists under the new Operation Southern Spear program, the US Southern Command announced on Sunday. On Nov.
The U.S. military on Saturday killed three other people accused by the Trump administration of trafficking drugs by sea, according to the U.S. Southern Command, raising the number of known campaign deaths to at least 83 since early September. In a statement posted on social media on Sunday, the South Command claimed that the ship was being operated by a "designated terrorist organization" and trafficked narcotics in the eastern Pacific, but did …
Colombian President Petro Slams Latest U.S. Strike Against Alleged Drug Vessel: 'Only Poor People Doing That Job To Survive'
Colombian President Gustavo Petro slammed the latest strike conducted by the U.S. against an alleged drug vessel, saying people aboard the boats are "doing the job to survive."
New US strike leaves 3 suspected drug traffickers dead
Three suspected drug traffickers were killed in a new attack by United States forces in the Eastern Pacific in international waters, it was announced in Washington. The three individuals were described as 'narco-terrorists,' and the mission was said to have been carried out under Operation Southern Spear, the US Southern Command (Southcom) confirmed.
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