US EditionTrump administration announces another strike on alleged drug-carrying boat, in the Pacific Ocean
The US military has killed at least five in two recent strikes in the Pacific as part of an ongoing campaign shifting focus from the Caribbean to South American waters.
- Tuesday night, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said U.S. forces struck a suspected drug vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people in the eighth known strike since early September.
- Framing the campaign as wartime, the administration cites President George W. Bush's legal authority while President Donald Trump justifies strikes as an `armed conflict` with drug cartels, contrasting past reliance on law enforcement.
- The released video shows a small boat loaded with brown packages before it explodes; Pete Hegseth, Defense Secretary, said no U.S. forces were harmed during the operation.
- Hegseth said the campaign has now killed at least 34 people, while U.S. lawmakers expressed concern over strikes ordered without congressional authorization, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he was alarmed and angry.
- The operation signals a strategic shift toward trafficking routes tied to South American producers, with observers warning the strategy breaks international law as Ecuador's ports complicate enforcement.
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