US EditionTrump administration announces another strike on alleged drug-carrying boat, in the Pacific Ocean
The U.S. military’s eighth strike killed two alleged narco-terrorists in the eastern Pacific, expanding operations from the Caribbean amid a campaign against drug cartels.
- The U.S. military conducted its eighth lethal strike against a drug-smuggling vessel off Colombia's Pacific Ocean, killing two people, according to U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
- Hegseth stated that the strike indicates an expansion of President Donald Trump's military campaign against drug cartels, which has seen at least 34 deaths from previous strikes since last month.
- Critics, including Congressman Adam Smith, have raised concerns over the legality of the strikes, questioning Trump's authority to carry out military actions against drug traffickers.
- Hegseth warned narco-terrorists, stating, "There will be no refuge or forgiveness—only justice," further emphasizing the escalation of military involvement in counter-narcotics efforts.
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Temple Daily Telegram
The Latest: US strikes 2 more alleged drug-carrying boats, this time in the Pacific Ocean
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military has launched its ninth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel, killing three people in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Wednesday's strike expands the Trump administration’s campaign against drug trafficking in South America and…
Pete Hegseth Confirms 8th Drug Boat Strike: “No Refuge, Only Justice” - Real News Now
The United States has launched its eighth maritime strike targeting drug traffickers, War Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Tuesday, intensifying the Trump administration’s war against narco-terrorism in the Western Hemisphere. According to Hegseth, U.S. forces executed a “lethal, kinetic strike” on a drug-smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific. A video released by the Department of War shows the boat speeding through open waters before it is ob…
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Donald Trump’s campaign of using the US military to carry out extrajudicial killings of alleged drug smugglers has expanded to the Pacific ocean, with drone-launched missile attacks against two boats on Tuesday and Wednesday that killed a total of five people. The administration insisted yet again that the boats were absolutely positively carrying narcotics and that those aboard were “narco-terrorists” although yet again it offered no evidence t…
Roanoke Times
Pentagon shows video of US destroying boat
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military launched its eighth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel, killing two people in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday, marking an expansion of the Trump administration's campaign against…
The US military destroyed two boats carrying suspected drug smugglers in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Colombia on Tuesday and Wednesday. The five people on board were killed. This was the first time suspected drug shipments had come under fire in the Pacific Ocean. Previous operations had always involved attacks in the Caribbean Sea, near Venezuela. "The vessel was known to us as a vessel used for drug smuggling. It was following a drug sm…
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