US EditionUS military conducts 16th Eastern Pacific strike, killing two suspected traffickers, Hegseth says
- On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a strike in the eastern Pacific Ocean that killed two people aboard a vessel, raising the campaign's death toll to at least 66 in 16 strikes as USS Gerald R. Ford headed to the Caribbean.
- Amid a declared `armed conflict` with cartels, the Trump administration told Congress it is in conflict with Latin American drug cartels and President Donald Trump ordered the strike, the defense secretary said.
- According to Hegseth's account, `Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics`, and he said the vessel was operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization.
- Lawmakers from both parties have pressed the administration for more information on targets and legal justification, while last month the American Civil Liberties Union and Center for Constitutional Rights sought DOJ OLC guidance, arguing the strikes are unlawful.
- Regional leaders have reacted, with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro accusing Washington of using drug trafficking as a pretext for regime change, amid U.S. strikes that have killed at least 67 people in the Caribbean and Pacific since early September.
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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.
According to the U.S. Secretary of Defense, the boat had transported drugs on a known smuggling route, which could not be independently checked at first.
The U.S. military killed two people in a new attack on an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in international waters of the Pacific Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reported on Tuesday. The U.S. claims that it has so far destroyed at least 17 ships: 16 boats and a semi-submersible, but Washington has shown no evidence that its targets were trafficking narcotics or posing a threat to the country. Attacks began in early September and so far leav…
The U.S. forces once again attacked a boat that was on a smuggling route. According to Pete Hegseth, two people were killed.
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