US EditionTrump administration announces another strike on alleged drug-carrying boat, in the Pacific Ocean
The US military killed five in two strikes off Central America, marking its first lethal Pacific operations in a campaign with at least nine attacks since September, officials said.
- The U.S. military conducted its eighth airstrike against an alleged drug vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, resulting in the deaths of two to three individuals on board, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
- A total of at least 34 individuals have been reported killed in U.S. operations targeting drug vessels since September 2, 2025.
- The Trump administration has stated that it is in a "non-international armed conflict" with drug cartels, raising legal questions about the targeting of civilians.
- Critics argue that the strikes have faced criticism for lacking evidence of the claimed activities of the alleged traffickers.
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Pentagon Says It Blew Up Two Boats Allegedly Carrying Drugs Near Colombia’s Pacific Coast
The Pentagon confirmed Wednesday that the U.S. launched strikes against two vessels in the Pacific off the coast of Colombia, killing five people, and claimed without evidence that the boats were carrying drugs. This follows seven strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. In the past month, at least 37 people have reportedly been killed in international waters in U.S. strikes. In response, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said, “It is mu…
US Bombs 9th Alleged Drug Boat in Latin America - News From Antiwar.com
The US has bombed yet another boat that it claimed, without providing evidence, was carrying drugs in the waters of Latin America, according to a statement from US War Secretary Pete Hegseth. Hegseth announced the strike on Wednesday night and said that the vessel was targeted in the eastern Pacific,…
Trump expands boat strikes to Pacific, killing 5 more
What happenedDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that the U.S. military had destroyed two more alleged drug smuggling boats in international waters, killing five people.President Donald Trump’s controversial campaign to summarily kill “narcoterrorists” has now claimed nine vessels and 37 lives since September, though these were the first strikes in the Pacific Ocean instead of the Caribbean.Who said whatTrump Tuesday called the newest …
Pete Hegseth Confirms 8th Drug Boat Strike: “No Refuge, Only Justice” - Real News Now
The United States has launched its eighth maritime strike targeting drug traffickers, War Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Tuesday, intensifying the Trump administration’s war against narco-terrorism in the Western Hemisphere. According to Hegseth, U.S. forces executed a “lethal, kinetic strike” on a drug-smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific. A video released by the Department of War shows the boat speeding through open waters before it is ob…
With Two New Attacks In Pacific, Trump's War-Crime Boat Murders Go Bicoastal-Curious
Donald Trump’s campaign of using the US military to carry out extrajudicial killings of alleged drug smugglers has expanded to the Pacific ocean, with drone-launched missile attacks against two boats on Tuesday and Wednesday that killed a total of five people. The administration insisted yet again that the boats were absolutely positively carrying narcotics and that those aboard were “narco-terrorists” although yet again it offered no evidence t…
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