US EditionUS kills three men in another strike on suspected drug vessel, Hegseth says
The US military has killed 69 people in 17 strikes targeting drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, aiming to disrupt narcotics flow into the US.
- On Thursday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a U.S. strike on a vessel suspected of trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean Sea that killed three people, part of at least 17 strikes.
- The administration told Congress the campaign began with a first strike on September 2 and labeled those killed 'unlawful combatants,' citing a classified Justice Department finding.
- Hegseth posted a 20-second video of the strike on social media documenting the attack, officials said U.S. forces were unharmed, and three survivors were returned after brief U.S. Navy detention.
- Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefed congressional leaders Wednesday on the campaign's legal rationale, while Senate Republicans on Thursday rejected legislation limiting attacks as Democrats pressed for more information.
- Absent public evidence, human rights groups and members of Congress argue the administration has not shown proof of narcotics or cartel links on struck boats and question the legal basis.
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Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said U.S. forces attacked another drug boat in the Caribbean on Thursday, killing three people, bringing the death toll in Washington's controversial war on drugs to at least 70. U.S. authorities say the operation is to defend the United States from the importation of dangerous substances, but they have so far provided no evidence that the sunken vessels are actually carrying illegal drugs.
Three people killed in latest military strike against ‘narco-terrorists’ in Caribbean
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that the U.S. military conducted another strike on a suspected drug trafficking boat, this time in the Caribbean Sea. “Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization,” Hegseth said in his social media post. “The vessel was trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean and was struck in international…
Hegseth Says US Strikes Another Drug-Smuggling Boat, Killing 3 Onboard
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the U.S. military carried out another lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in the Caribbean that was transporting illegal drugs to the United States on Nov. 6. Hegseth stated on social media that the strike targeted a vessel run by a “designated terrorist organization,” killing three people on board whom he described as “narco-terrorists.” “The vessel was trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean and was struck in in…
Three people are believed to have been killed in a US attack on a boat in the Caribbean. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who shared a video of the attack on social media, claims it was an attack on “narco-terrorists.”
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