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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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.
The United States announced on Monday that it had killed six suspected drug traffickers in new strikes against boats in the Pacific.
US forces have launched an air strike on a suspected drug-smuggling vessel in international waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing six more people and bringing the death toll from the operation to 76.
U.S. conducts 2 strikes on drug-smuggling vessels in the Eastern Pacific; 6 killed
The United States carried out two strikes on vessels allegedly operated by designated terrorist organizations in the Eastern Pacific, killing six people, according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. “Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, two lethal kinetic strikes were conducted on two vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations,” Hegseth said in a statement. He added that the boats were linked to narcotics trafficking and we…
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Confirms Two Deadly Strikes on Narco-Terrorist Vessels — Six Cartel Operatives Dead | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft
The Trump administration this week carried out two precision strikes on vessels it says were being used by designated narco-terrorist organizations, killing six cartel operatives and suffering no U.S.
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