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US Military Strikes Another Suspected Drug Boat, Killing Four

  • US forces executed a strike on a drug-smuggling boat off Venezuela's coast, resulting in four deaths, according to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
  • This attack is part of a series, bringing the total to at least four strikes, with 21 fatalities in similar operations.
  • The Pentagon justified the strikes, declaring drug cartels as unlawful combatants and maintaining the need for action to prevent narcotics from reaching the US.
  • Legal experts have raised concerns about the legality of military actions against suspected drug traffickers far from US borders, citing emerging legal and diplomatic consequences.
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The American armed forces killed four people in an attack on a vessel across the coast of Venezuela, which is supposed to carry drugs, said US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth reported BBC.

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The US once again attacked a boat of suspected drug smugglers off the coast of Venezuela and, according to War Minister Hegseth, killed four people. Several drug cartels were classified as "terrorist organizations".

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