US EditionUS military strikes another alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing 6: SOUTHCOM
The strike was part of over 40 U.S. military attacks targeting narcoterrorist vessels, resulting in at least 157 deaths since early September, officials said.
- On Sunday, the U.S. military said it killed six men in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean and posted a video showing the boat exploding.
- The campaign has so far killed at least 157 people since the Trump administration began in early September, while President Donald Trump calls it an 'armed conflict' with cartels despite little evidence provided.
- U.S. Southern Command said it targeted alleged traffickers along known routes amid more than 40 known strikes in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, but did not provide evidence the vessel carried drugs.
- Critics noted the strikes' questionable legality and limited effectiveness, while Ecuador and the United States conducted operations this past week against organized crime groups.
- With Saturday's gathering, Trump aimed to demonstrate that he remains committed to focusing U.S. foreign policy on the Western Hemisphere, even while waging a war on Iran, and encouraged Latin American leaders to join U.S. military action, citing cooperation with Ecuador this past week.
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US troops killed six men on Sunday during an attack on a suspected drug boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The official…
The United States launched a new air attack on a planned drug trafficking ship on Sunday, killing six people, announced the US Army, the most recent hit in an intense campaign that lasts for months, notes AFP, quoted by Agerpres.
A timeline of US strikes on boats that have killed at least 157
(CNN) — The US military has killed at least 157 people in strikes that have destroyed 46 boats as part of a campaign that Washington says is aimed at curtailing the flow of drugs into the United States, according to official announcements and CNN’s analysis of search and rescue efforts. There have been at least 13 survivors of those strikes, two of whom were briefly detained by the US Navy before being returned to their home countries. 11 others…
More than 100 people have been killed in attacks on "drug terrorists" in the Caribbean and Pacific
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