US EditionPentagon says it struck another suspected drug boat in Pacific, killing three
The U.S. military has conducted 21 strikes on suspected narcotics vessels since early September, killing 83 people in efforts to disrupt drug trafficking routes, Pentagon says.
- U.S. Southern Command announced Sunday that its forces struck a vessel on Saturday in the Eastern Pacific, killing three people in the 21st such strike in recent weeks.
- The Trump administration says the strikes are part of an anti-drug offensive, framing the fight as armed conflict and citing a Justice Department opinion amid the USS Gerald R. Ford's arrival.
- U.S. Southern Command released video it said shows the strike and the boat engulfed in flames, alleging it carried narcotics along a known route and was run by a `Designated Terrorist Organization`, though NBC News has not independently confirmed this.
- After the latest announcement, critics in Congress and abroad questioned the strikes' legality as regional leaders, the U.N. human rights chief, Senator Lisa Murkowski , and Senator Rand Paul pressed for authorization; Paul said the strikes `go against all of our tradition`.
- Since September, U.S. forces have carried out a series of strikes that number at least 22 vessels, Pentagon figures say the strikes have killed more than 80 people.
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Three more suspected narco-terrorists were killed in the Eastern Pacific as U.S. forces carried out another strike targeting drug-smuggling vessels. According to the U.S. Southern Command, this was the first-ever strike against an alleged narco-terrorist vessel in the Eastern Pacific and was carried out under the new Operation Southern Spear. “On Nov. 15, at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conduct…
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