US Strike on an Alleged Drug Boat Kills 2, Leaves 6 Survivors, in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
The military said intelligence linked the vessel to narco-trafficking routes and notified the U.S. Coast Guard after the strike.
- On Sunday, the Defense Department conducted a strike against a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people and leaving six survivors amid an ongoing campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America.
- Since early September, President Trump's administration has conducted more than 60 strikes targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists," bringing total deaths in boat strikes to more than 210 people.
- Insisting the strike was done "in self-defense" to destroy the boat, The White House confirmed the follow-up attack, though some legal scholars argue targeting survivors would be illegal under any circumstance.
- Demanding the Pentagon release "unedited video" of the first strike, U.S. lawmakers questioned the operation after reports emerged of follow-up attacks on survivors, while a watchdog reviews the Joint Targeting Cycle.
- Critics question the strikes' effectiveness, noting that fentanyl behind fatal overdoses is typically trafficked over land from Mexico, where it is produced with chemicals imported from China and India.
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2 Killed, 6 Survive After US Military Strikes Boat in Caribbean
The U.S. military said two people were killed and six others survived as it struck a boat believed to be carrying narcotics to the United States on June 21. The incident in the Caribbean brings the number of people killed since the Trump administration began targeting narcoterrorists in early September to 213. In a June 21 post on X, U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said a lethal kinetic strike targeted a vessel being operated by designated terr…
Six Survive Latest "Drug Boat" Strike In Eastern Pacific
The Associated Press reports: The U.S. military has conducted another strike against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, immediately killing two people and leaving six survivors amid an ongoing campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America. The latest attack — which now number more than 60 — brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to more than 210 since…
Two people were killed and six more survived after a Pentagon bombing of a boat that, without proof, claimed was transporting drugs in the Caribbean, reported the Southern Command in its social network account X, where it included a video of the attack and specified that the Coast Guard was ordered to search for and rescue the survivors. At least 213 people have been killed in the offensive that President Donald Trump’s administration began last…
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