US military strike on alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific kills 1, leaves 2 survivors
The military said two survivors were rescued after the strike, and the Pentagon watchdog opened a self-initiated review of the targeting process.
- The Pentagon inspector general's office initiated a self-directed review Tuesday following a U.S. military strike on a suspected drug boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean that killed one man and left two survivors.
- Since early September, the Trump administration's campaign of striking alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters, including the Caribbean Sea, has killed at least 194 people as part of what it characterizes as war against drug cartels.
- Video from U.S. Southern Command captured the vessel exploding into flames before the military immediately notified the U.S. Coast Guard to activate the Search and Rescue system for the two survivors; the military has not provided evidence the vessel carried drugs.
- The Pentagon watchdog will evaluate whether the military followed the six-phase Joint Targeting Cycle, which includes commander's intent, target development, analysis, decision, execution and assessment, though the review will not assess legality despite scrutiny from Democratic lawmakers and military legal scholars.
- As the Trump administration's campaign continues, critics argue the inspector general's narrower review falls short of addressing fundamental legal concerns raised by Democratic lawmakers and military legal scholars questioning the strikes' legality.
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1 killed, 2 survive latest US strike on alleged drug boat
A Tuesday strike on an alleged drug boat led by US forces left one person dead and two survivors as the Trump administration continues to destroy vessels accused of transporting narcotics in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean Sea. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged…
US Military Hits Alleged Drug Trafficking Boat in Pacific With Lethal Kinetic Strike
The U.S. military on May 26 launched a strike on a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing one man and leaving two survivors. U.S. Southern Command posted a video on social media showing the boat speeding through the water before suddenly exploding in a fireball. In the post on X, Southern Command said the vessel was being operated by “Designated Terrorist Organizations.” “Intelligence confirmed the vessel wa…
The armed forces detailed that two of the three crew members of the ship survived, a rare occurrence in this type of attack that has seldom left people alive.
One man was killed and two survived last night a new “lethal kinetic attack” by the U.S. Army’s Southern Command “against a ship, which he accused without evidence, of operating by “designated terrorist organizations” and “transiting along known drug trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and involved in drug trafficking operations.”
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