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US military strikes another alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific, killing 2
The campaign against alleged drug-smuggling boats has killed at least 196 people since early September, according to the Trump administration.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. military struck a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the Pacific Ocean, killing two men; Southern Command posted video showing the boat moments before an explosion.
- The Trump administration's maritime campaign across Latin American waters, spanning the Pacific and Caribbean Sea, has been ongoing since early September and killed at least 196 people.
- Military officials have not provided evidence that any of the targeted vessels were carrying drugs, despite Southern Command releasing video footage of the strikes.
- The Pentagon's inspector general initiated a self-directed review to evaluate whether the military followed the Joint Targeting Cycle framework, though the probe will not assess the legality of the strikes.
- Democratic lawmakers and military legal scholars have scrutinized the operations, which The Trump administration frames as a war against Latin American drug cartels blamed for American overdose deaths.
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The US military said it struck another suspected drug ship in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, killing two men. The US Southern Command posted a video on social media showing a boat lying motionless in the water before being hit by an explosion. The final seconds of the video show smoke and fire rising from the vessel, the Telegraph reports. A day earlier, US forces launched an attack on another suspected drug ship in the eastern Pacific,…
Another alleged drug boat struck by U.S. military in eastern Pacific, killing 2, SOUTHCOM says
The U.S. military said it struck another vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two men, the day after it said a similar strike killed one man and left two survivors.
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