U.S. Military Carries Out Strike on Suspected Drug Boat
The strikes were part of a Trump administration campaign that has killed over 200 people, according to U.S. Southern Command.
- U.S. military forces conducted lethal kinetic strikes in the Eastern Pacific on Friday, May 29, and Saturday, May 30, killing three people in each incident, SOUTHCOM said.
- Launched in Sept, Operation Southern Spear targets vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations suspected of narco-trafficking in Latin American waters.
- According to released military figures, armed forces have conducted 62 strikes since Sept, destroying 63 vessels and killing 205 people total.
- Directed by SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis Donovan, these strikes target vessels the command asserts are engaged in known narco-trafficking operations in the region.
- Legal experts and rights groups suggest the strikes may constitute extrajudicial killings, as the Trump administration has provided limited evidence that targeted vessels are drug traffickers.
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More than 200 people have been killed by the United States without trial in the Caribbean and the Pacific since last September for their alleged involvement in drug trafficking.The symbolic brand was overtaken by the announcement this Saturday night (Washington time, six more in Peninsular Spain) with a new attack against a supposed narco-lancha in which three crew members were traveling in Pacific waters.
Death toll from US strikes on suspected drug boats passes 200
On Friday, U.S. military forces carried out another strike on a boat accused of trafficking drugs by sea, killing three people and pushing the death toll in these strikes to 202. The strike took place in an unspecified part of the eastern Pacific Ocean, and it’s unclear what military asset took out the boat. Video shared by U.S. Southern Command, which announced the strike, shows a small boat exploding in a fireball. It was the 61st strike on a…
U.S. forces launched a new attack on a boat in Pacific waters that killed the lives of its three crew members, making it more than 200...
Legal experts have raised their voices to question the validity of these operations under international law. More information: The Navy plans to move several American Harriers to Spain for spare parts from New York
US Strikes Narcoterrorist Vessel in Eastern Pacific, Killing 3
The U.S. military said on May 30 it conducted another deadly strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific that was operated by narcoterrorists belonging to designated terrorist organizations. It was the seventh such strike in the month of May. The three “male narco-terrorists” aboard the drug-trafficking vessel were killed in the operation by Joint Task Force Southern Spear, U.S. Southern Command said in a post on X. “Intelligence confirmed the …
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