US military strikes another alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific, killing 2
The campaign against alleged drug-smuggling boats has killed at least 196 people since early September, according to the Trump administration.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. military struck a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the Pacific Ocean, killing two men; Southern Command posted video showing the boat moments before an explosion.
- The Trump administration's maritime campaign across Latin American waters, spanning the Pacific and Caribbean Sea, has been ongoing since early September and killed at least 196 people.
- Military officials have not provided evidence that any of the targeted vessels were carrying drugs, despite Southern Command releasing video footage of the strikes.
- The Pentagon's inspector general initiated a self-directed review to evaluate whether the military followed the Joint Targeting Cycle framework, though the probe will not assess the legality of the strikes.
- Democratic lawmakers and military legal scholars have scrutinized the operations, which The Trump administration frames as a war against Latin American drug cartels blamed for American overdose deaths.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hyun Young-bok = Two people were killed when U.S. troops attacked a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the Eastern Pacific, AP reported on the 28th (local time).
The U.S. Southern Command once again attacked a boat in the Pacific. The drug-trafficking operation has been under way since September 2025 but has never presented evidence of drug transport.
2 killed in latest strike on alleged drug boat
A U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed two men Wednesday. U.S. Southern Command posted a 13-second video to social platform X showing a boat struck by an explosion and the aftermath of the vessel engulfed in flame and smoke. The command called the attack a “lethal kinetic strike on a…
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