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US military says strike on alleged drug boat kills 4 in eastern Pacific
The strike, ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, is part of 26 U.S. attacks that have killed at least 99 suspected narco-terrorists since September, officials said.
- On Dec. 17, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters in the Eastern Pacific, killing four militants with no U.S. casualties.
- SOUTHCOM said intelligence showed the boat was on a known narco‑trafficking route, and the strike is part of Operation Southern Spear which the Trump administration says aims to curtail narcotics trafficking.
- The Pentagon released a short video showing a boat before an explosion but didn't provide evidence behind the allegations; administration figures report 26 known boat strikes and at least 99 people killed.
- House Republicans rejected Democratic-backed resolutions Wednesday that would have forced congressional authorization, while lawmakers increased scrutiny with the first House votes on the boat-strike campaign.
- Amid a recent surge, Wednesday's attack was the second this week after this week's Monday strikes on three alleged boats killed 8 people, and the early-September attack killed two survivors clinging to wreckage.
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