US EditionHegseth says US carried out 3 strikes on alleged drug-running boats in eastern Pacific, killing 14
- President Donald Trump authorized strikes that killed 14 people suspected of drug trafficking in the Eastern Pacific, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
- Hegseth stated that these operations aimed to combat narcotics trafficking from Venezuela and have significantly increased in frequency.
- Democratic lawmakers and some Republicans, including Senator Rand Paul, condemned the strikes as illegal extrajudicial killings, citing a lack of evidence on the victims' actions.
- Mexican authorities agreed to coordinate the rescue of one survivor from the strikes, which have escalated in frequency since September.
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US strikes kill 14 in eastern Pacific as Trump expands campaign against drug cartels
The United States launched three new lethal strikes against four vessels suspected of carrying drugs off the eastern Pacific coast of Latin America, killing 14 alleged “narco-terrorists” aboard vessels said to be linked to designated terrorist groups, according to a…
The U.S. military has been attacking boats allegedly loaded with drugs for weeks - dozens of people are said to have been killed. Now the Pentagon chief announces several attacks at once.The U.S. military has, according to its own information, carried out further deadly attacks on boats that were said to have transported drugs in the eastern Pacific. Overall, on Monday there were three attacks on four boats that killed 14 people, said Pentagon c…
US launches 3 strikes on alleged drug-running boats off Colombia, killing 14: Hegseth
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that the U.S. military has carried out three strikes in the eastern Pacific Ocean against boats accused of carrying drugs, killing 14 people and leaving one survivor.
14 Narco-Terrorists Killed in Latest U.S. Strikes on Four Drug Smuggling Vessels in Eastern Pacific
U.S. Military forces launched attacks on four vessels operated by narco-terrorist smugglers transiting through a known trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. According to the Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, the kinetic strikes occurred on Monday and resulted in a total of 14 terrorists killed. One person survived the attacks. | Border / Cartel Chronicles
More than a dozen killed as US attacks alleged drug boats in Pacific 'on Donald Trump's orders'
Three lethal attacks on boats operated by "Designated Terrorist Organisations (DTO) trafficking narcotics" brings the total number of airstrikes to 13, with 57 people killed
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