US EditionUS military conducts 16th Eastern Pacific strike, killing two suspected traffickers, Hegseth says
- On Tuesday, U.S. forces conducted a strike in the eastern Pacific Ocean that killed two people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, adding President Donald Trump authorised the attack.
- After designating cartels as terrorist organisations earlier this year, the administration says the United States is in an "armed conflict" with drug cartels and targets the Eastern Pacific cocaine route from Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico.
- The campaign has killed at least 66 people in at least 16 attacks, while the Pentagon has deployed eight military vessels and the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier.
- Colombia recalled its ambassador and halted some U.S. arms purchases while urging Washington to cease attacks, with ambassador Daniel Garcia-Pena saying, `Under no circumstances can one justify that kind of threats and accusations that have no basis whatsoever.`
- Critics warn the strikes test sovereignty, due process, and executive war powers far from declared battlefields, while last month the ACLU and CCR sought DOJ OLC guidance amid scarce public evidence.
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About two months ago, the U.S. began attacking boats that allegedly carry drugs. According to Pentagon chief Hegseth, the latest case happened in the Pacific. Two "drug dealers" had been killed.
Hegseth Announces 16th Deadly 'Drug Boat' Strike
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced yet another deadly strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, coming the same day an aircraft carrier began heading to the region in a new expansion of military firepower, the AP reports. The attack Tuesday killed two people aboard...
US attacks boat near Colombia, killing two
The US Department of War confirmed a new military strike on Tuesday against a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, near Colombia, resulting in the deaths of two individuals classified as suspected drug traffickers.
US strikes another suspected drug boat
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced another deadly strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, coming the same day an aircraft carrier headed to the region in a new expansion of military firepower.
In the Pacific, the U.S. military once again attacked a suspected drug smuggler boat, killing two people, once again exposing itself to the charge of violating international law.
The United States has carried out an attack on a boat in the Pacific Ocean, says Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. "No cartel terrorist stands a chance against the United States military," he writes on X.
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