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Death toll from US strikes on alleged drug boats reaches 126 people
The U.S. military reported 126 deaths from at least 36 drug boat strikes since September amid a major Latin America military buildup, including 10 presumed lost at sea.
- On Monday, the U.S. military confirmed the death toll from strikes on alleged drug boats is up to 126 after including people presumed lost at sea, and said the U.S. Coast Guard had conducted searches.
- U.S. Southern Command said 116 people died immediately in at least 36 attacks since early September in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.
- Searchers did not locate ten people and they are believed dead; eight jumped off boats during attacks on Dec. 30 and two others were on boats hit on Oct. 27 and last Friday.
- Critics and legal experts have questioned the strikes' legality and effectiveness, while Democratic lawmakers called the killings murder or possible war crimes, and Republican lawmakers in Congress defended the strikes and blocked restrictions.
- U.S. actions also targeted oil tankers connected with Venezuela as part of a broader campaign amid a Latin America military buildup that culminated in Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's capture after the Jan. 3 raid.
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The Pent gono reports that 126 people were killed by attacks on boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific that allegedly carried drugs.
·Mexico City, Mexico
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126 people have been killed in US raids on alleged drug boats since last fall, the US military confirmed on Monday, AP reports. The death toll also includes those presumed dead after disappearing at sea. At least 36 attacks have been carried out by the military in international waters in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean ...
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Death toll from US strikes on alleged drug boats reaches 126 people
The U.S. military says the death toll from strikes on alleged drug boats is up to 126 people, with the inclusion of those presumed dead after being lost at sea.
·United States
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