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U.S. Kills 3 in Strike on Suspected Caribbean Drug-Smuggling Boat
The latest attack brings the Trump administration’s maritime campaign to at least 230 deaths, while rights groups call the strikes unlawful.
- On Wednesday, U.S. Southern Command executed a lethal strike on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea, killing three people whom the military alleged were involved in narco-trafficking.
- This incident marks the 69th publicly acknowledged strike in the Trump administration's yearlong military campaign, which has killed at least 230 people whom officials claim were drug traffickers.
- Human rights groups including Amnesty International and The American Civil Liberties Union condemn the strikes as extrajudicial killings, with the latter calling the administration's assertions "unsubstantiated, fear-mongering claims."
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated the Ecuadorian gang Los Tiguerones as a foreign terrorist organization on Wednesday, stating the move aims to disrupt revenue streams funding "violent narcoterrorists."
- Unlike previous strikes, SOUTHCOM did not identify the targeted vessel as operated by a designated terrorist organization, fueling ongoing criticism over military executions conducted without judicial oversight.
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