US EditionUS strikes alleged drug-carrying vessels in Pacific, killing six
- On Nov 9, the United States struck two alleged drug-carrying vessels in the eastern Pacific, killing six people, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Nov 10.
- The US has carried out more than a dozen strikes since September, which Hegseth said killed over 70 people and targeted vessels allegedly operated by designated terrorist organizations.
- The strikes took place in international waters, where 3 male narco-terrorists were aboard each vessel, and no U.S. forces were harmed, Hegseth wrote on X and posted footage.
- Calls for investigations intensified after the announcement, with foreign leaders, members of Congress, legal experts and family members demanding proof the vessels carried drugs.
- The operations form part of a broader US military buildup in the region, which includes carrier, submarine and warship deployments near Venezuela, killing over 70 people since September and heightening regional tensions.
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Six other people were killed in U.S. attacks on alleged boats of drug traffickers in the Pacific, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday. This brings to 76 the total number of people killed in Washington’s controversial anti-drug offensive in international waters in the Pacific and the Caribbean. Hegseth said in X that there were two attacks on Sunday in the Eastern Pacific against two vessels “carrying narcotics”, with three people on board…
The US government has attacked two boats in the Pacific in the fight against drug smuggling, killing six people. Critics call the attacks extrajudicial executions.
Secretary Of War Hegseth Announces More Deadly Strikes On Drug-Carrying Boats - The American Tribune.com
In another major announcement on X, the Trump Administration Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, announced that the United States has conducted yet more strikes on boats that were allegedly being used to smuggle drugs through international waters. The strikes targeted two boats and came on Sunday, November 9. Hegseth announced the strikes on Monday the 10th. For reference, the Trump Administration has deployed a large suite of naval and air assets t…
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Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—On Monday, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reported that the US regime bombed two ships in the Pacific Ocean the previous day. He did not specify the precise locations or near which countries’ coasts the strikes occurred. The information was disclosed in a social media post, where Hegseth stressed that the attacks were ordered by the US president, Donald Trump. The post copied what has become a shadowy template used…
The United States announced on Monday that it had killed six suspected drug traffickers in new strikes against boats in the Pacific.
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