US says it killed four in strike on vessel in the Caribbean
The latest strike brings the death toll in the campaign against alleged traffickers to at least 231, U.S. officials said.
- On Saturday, the U.S. military killed four people in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea, alleging the boat was involved in drug trafficking.
- This strike continues a year-long campaign targeting those President Donald Trump calls "narcoterrorists," with the administration claiming the U.S. is in "armed conflict" with cartels in Latin America.
- U.S. Southern Command posted on Twitter that "Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking," though the military provided no evidence the vessel was carrying drugs.
- Labeled "extrajudicial killings" by rights groups, the latest incident brings the total death toll from 69 boat strikes to at least 231 since the campaign began.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently announced deals for joint military operations in Latin American countries, though Guatemala has denied reaching any such agreement with the United States.
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In the past year, the US has launched dozens of attacks, killing more than 230 people in the Caribbean and Pacific, without any evidence that the vessels were involved in illegal activities.
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Nieuws.nlTAMPA (ANP/RTR) - The U.S. Army carried out an attack on a vessel in the Caribbean on Saturday. Four people were killed in the incident, according to the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), which is responsible for the region on X. According to the Army, it involved a "fast-moving vessel..."
U.S. military says it killed 4 in strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in Caribbean
As with most of the military's statements on strikes in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, U.S. Southern Command said it targeted the alleged drug traffickers along known smuggling routes.
The United States has been carrying out attacks on alleged drug ships in the Caribbean Sea since last fall.
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