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U.S. Southern Command said the latest strike on an alleged smuggling boat was part of a campaign that has killed at least 186 people.
- A recent U.S. military strike in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed three people on a boat accused of drug trafficking, according to U.S. Southern Command's social media post.
- Since early September, a campaign to attack alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters has resulted in at least 186 deaths.
- The U.S. military has not provided evidence that the targeted vessels were carrying drugs but said it targeted traffickers along known smuggling routes.
- The military campaign coincides with increased U.S. military activity in the region amid concerns about drug trafficking.
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In an attack on a suspected drug smuggler boat in the eastern Pacific, the U.S. military killed three people.
Three people were killed in an attack by U.S. forces against a ship in the eastern Pacific that the Pentagon accused, without proof, of engaging in drug trafficking, bringing the number of people who had been killed since September to 182. “Inteligents confirmed that the vessel was travelling along known drug trafficking routes,” the Southern Command said without providing evidence. At least seven attacks have been carried out in April. Experts …
A new U.S. military operation in the east of the Pacific resulted in the death of three people, taking stock of this controversial anti-drug campaign to 185 victims.
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A timeline of US strikes on boats that have killed at least 185
By Michael Rios, Avery Schmitz, Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The US military has killed at least 185 people in strikes that have destroyed 56 vessels as part of a campaign that Washington says is aimed at curtailing the flow of drugs into the United States, according to official announcements and CNN’s analysis of search and rescue efforts. There have been at least 15 survivors of those strikes, at least two of whom were briefly detained by the US N…
The U.S. military once again attacked a suspected drug smuggler ship in the Eastern Pacific, killing three men, who, according to intelligence, had been on a well-known drug trafficking route and involved in smuggling drugs.The region's US regional commando Southcom reported on the incident in a message on Platform X. The US military's information was initially not independently verified.The video of the incident on X:By order of President Donal…
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