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US military says it killed 11 people in strikes on three alleged drug boats
The strikes, part of a campaign targeting drug routes, killed 11 alleged narco-terrorists and raised the death toll to at least 145 since September, U.S. Southern Command said.
- On Monday night, U.S. Southern Command said it struck three alleged drug‑trafficking vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, killing 11 people.
- The White House told Congress that President Donald Trump has determined the U.S. is in a formal armed conflict with drug cartels, with SOUTHCOM saying `Intelligence confirmed the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes and were engaged in narco-trafficking operations.`
- SOUTHCOM posted videos showing boats being destroyed, including a 39‑second video clip of two stationary vessels and one moving vessel, with strikes directed by Marine Corps Gen. Francis Donovan, SOUTHCOM commander.
- Legal and congressional critics say the strikes likely amount to extrajudicial killings and have alarmed congressional critics despite U.S. lawmakers allowing them without prior approval.
- Combined with previous strikes, the campaign that began in early September has brought the reported death toll of at least 145 people, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said this month some cartels have ceased operations.
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US kills 11 in boat strikes in Pacific and Caribbean
U.S. forces blew up three boats overnight, killing 11 men in strikes in both the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, the military announced Tuesday. The strikes raised the death toll in the U.S. campaign against people it accuses of drug smuggling at sea to at least 144.
The US has attacked three more suspected drug vessels off the Latin American coast, the US military itself reported. Eleven people were killed, making it one of the deadliest attacks to date. Since September, 145 people have been killed in such attacks.
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