US EditionUS Strikes on Drug Vessels Kill 14 in Deadliest Day of Trump's Narcotics Campaign
The U.S. military killed 14 narcotics traffickers in three strikes on four vessels in the Eastern Pacific, with one survivor rescued by Mexican naval forces, officials said.
- Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out three lethal kinetic strikes on four vessels in the eastern Pacific, killing 14 narco-terrorists and leaving one survivor.
- The Trump administration has intensified operations against cartels, including designating six Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations earlier this year and expanding strikes into the eastern Pacific last week.
- U.S. Southern Command said it initiated Search and Rescue protocols after striking vessels carrying 8, 4, and 3 men, with Mexican SAR authorities accepting responsibility for the survivor 830 kilometers southeast of Acapulco, AP and Semar report differing locations.
- On Tuesday evening Mexican officials met United States Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson, agreeing to prioritise safeguarding human life at sea and respecting national sovereignty.
- CNN counted 13 known strikes since September, destroying 14 boats and killing 57 people, while experts on international law warned the offensives may be illegal and Mexican officials raised sovereignty concerns.
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Mexico rescues lone survivor of US strikes on alleged drug boats that killed 14
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that Mexican authorities had assumed responsibility for the rescue of one survivor from U.S. military attacks that claimed the lives of 14 men on board alleged drug boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Hegseth said that the United States Southern Command “immediately initiated Search and Rescue (SAR) standard protocols” given that one person survived the U.S. attacks. “Mexican SAR authorities accep…
US Extrajudicial Strikes Kill 14 in Pacific off the Coast of Mexico—Mexican Navy Assists
Caracas (OrinocoTribune.com)—a total of 14 people were killed and one survived after the US government conducted three strikes against four small boats in the waters of the Eastern Pacific near Mexico, in what is being described as another extrajudicial killing. The information was released Tuesday morning by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who claimed on social media that “three lethal kinetic attacks were carried out against four vessels ope…
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mural.com.mxDefense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, informs that his Ej rcito made 3 attacks on narco-lanches in the Mexican Pacific, leaving 14 dead.
US strikes on drug vessels kill 14 in deadliest day of Trump's narcotics campaign
The US military killed 14 people in strikes on four vessels allegedly transporting narcotics in the eastern Pacific Ocean, marking the deadliest single day since President Donald Trump began his controversial campaign against drug trafficking.
US strikes kill 14 alleged drug traffickers, Mexico leads rescue of survivor
Washington: A series of U.S. strikes against suspected drug vessels in the eastern Pacific killed 14 alleged drug traffickers and left one survivor, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday, the latest operation in President Donald Trump’s counter-drug campaign. The strikes in the Pacific come against the backdrop of a U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean that includes guided-missile destroyers, F-35 fighter jets, a nuclear submarin…
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