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US military says strike on alleged drug boat kills 4 in eastern Pacific
The strike, part of Operation Southern Spear, raises the death toll to 99 in 26 attacks targeting drug trafficking vessels, amid U.S. efforts to curb fentanyl flow.
- On Dec. 17, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters in the Eastern Pacific, killing four militants with no U.S. casualties.
- SOUTHCOM said intelligence showed the boat was on a known narco‑trafficking route, and the strike is part of Operation Southern Spear which the Trump administration says aims to curtail narcotics trafficking.
- The Pentagon released a short video showing a boat before an explosion but didn't provide evidence behind the allegations; administration figures report 26 known boat strikes and at least 99 people killed.
- House Republicans rejected Democratic-backed resolutions Wednesday that would have forced congressional authorization, while lawmakers increased scrutiny with the first House votes on the boat-strike campaign.
- Amid a recent surge, Wednesday's attack was the second this week after this week's Monday strikes on three alleged boats killed 8 people, and the early-September attack killed two survivors clinging to wreckage.
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For months, U.S. forces have been attacking boats in the Caribbean and Pacific that are said to have drugs on board. According to the U.S. media, around 100 people have already been killed. The U.S. government calls the victims "terrorists" and, according to its own statements, gives the order for a new attack.
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