US Edition4 killed in latest US strike on alleged drug boat in Eastern Pacific: Hegseth
- On Wednesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the U.S. military struck an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific, killing four people.
- Directed by President Donald Trump, the operation targeted a vessel linked to a designated terrorist organization as part of the campaign that began in early September with at least 14 attacks.
- Hegseth said in a statement that `This vessel, like all the others, was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route and carrying narcotics` and the strike occurred in international waters with no U.S. forces harmed.
- With Wednesday’s operation, U.S. officials say the campaign has killed at least 61 people in 15 confirmed U.S. strikes, sparking debate in the U.S. Congress over war powers and GOP-only briefings Democrats say excluded them.
- The strikes coincide with a major U.S. military buildup in the region as United Nations experts last month described the killings as "extrajudicial executions" and Miroslav Jenca urged compliance with international law this month.
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According to Secretary of Defense Hegseth, the United States once again attacked a boat in the eastern Pacific that is said to have been loaded with drugs.
The US military on Wednesday attacked a boat suspected of carrying drugs in international waters in the eastern Pacific, killing four people, bringing the number of people killed in such controversial attacks as part of the fight against drug smuggling to at least 62.
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced yesterday that the U.S. army had hit another suspected drug trafficking embargo in the east of the Pacific, followed by the attack on which four people were killed.
The ship was based in the eastern Pacific.
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