US EditionUS military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people
The strikes targeted vessels on known drug routes, killing eight men labeled as narco-terrorists, part of a campaign that has killed at least 95 since September, U.S. Southern Command said.
- Monday's strikes in the eastern Pacific, the military said, reportedly targeted three boats accused of drug smuggling, killing eight people.
- The campaign has built the U.S. military's largest regional presence in decades, targeting smuggling routes in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, while ramping up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and seizing a sanctioned oil tanker last week.
- The military said the strikes targeted `designated terrorist organizations` and posted video of a boat exploding but did not provide publicly released evidence of alleged drug trafficking.
- On the eve of briefings, lawmakers on Capitol Hill intensify scrutiny of a campaign that has killed at least 95 people in 25 known strikes since early September.
- President Donald Trump has framed the strikes as part of an `armed conflict` with drug cartels and said land attacks are 'coming soon', while Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro insists the operations aim to oust him.
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US kills 8 in eastern Pacific strikes on alleged drug boats
Strikes on three alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed eight people on Monday, according to the US military, the latest in a controversial campaign that has killed dozens of people.
Venezuela conflict looms as US strikes more boats in Pacific
The US military carried out more strikes on alleged drug traffickers in the Eastern Pacific as the White House ramped up its campaign on what it alleges are narcoterrorist groups. The US — which for months has been carrying out attacks off the coast of South America that critics argue are illegal — said three vessels had been hit, killing eight people. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump announced that fentanyl would be classified as a weapon o…
According to the U.S. military, three boats of suspected drug smugglers have been attacked again in the eastern Pacific, killing eight people.
Since the beginning of September, the United States has carried out strikes against at least 26 ships in the Caribbean or the eastern Pacific, killing at least 95 people.
The U.S. Army announced that it had struck on Monday, December 15, three new vessels of suspected drug traffickers in the Pacific, killing eight people, a new episode of a campaign whose legality remains contested in Washington and abroad.
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