US Military Says 5 Were Killed by a Strike on an Alleged Drug Boat in the Eastern Pacific
U.S. Southern Command said intelligence showed the vessel was involved in narco-trafficking, and the strike is part of a campaign that has killed at least 240 people.
- On Tuesday, the United States military killed five people during an air strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific, Southern Command stated.
- President Donald Trump has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation in an "Armed conflict" with cartels in Latin America; the Trump administration began targeting those it calls "Narcoterrorists" in September 2025.
- This latest attack brings the number of people killed by United States military boat strikes to at least 240 in more than 70 strikes, though the military provided little evidence the vessels were ferrying drugs.
- The White House confirmed a follow-up strike, insisting it was done "In self-defense", though critics and Democratic lawmakers have questioned the overall legality of the strikes.
- Critics argue the strikes are ineffective because fentanyl is typically trafficked over land from Mexico, where it is produced with chemicals from China and India; The Pentagon's watchdog is reviewing the military's targeting framework.
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The U.S. military announced that it carried out, on Tuesday (27), an attack on an alleged drug smuggling vessel in the east of the Pacific Ocean, in which five people died. In a post in the X, the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) stated that the attack had as its target "a fast boat operating along established drug trafficking routes." "Confirmed intelligence information revealed the active participation of the ship in the drug trade. The operat…
The last of these questioned operatives had been reported by Southern Command in early October.
A timeline of US strikes on boats that have killed at least 243
By Michael Rios, Avery Schmitz, Matt Stiles, CNN (CNN) — The US military has killed at least 243 people in strikes that have destroyed at least 80 vessels 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
US military says 5 were killed by a strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific – WTOP News
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said it attacked a boat it accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, killing five people, as the Trump administration continues its campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America. The latest attack brings the number of people who have been killed by the U.S. military’s...
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