US Strike on an Alleged Drug Boat Kills 1, Leaves 2 Survivors in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
The military gave no evidence the vessel carried drugs, and the strikes have killed at least 208 people since September, critics said.
- A United States military strike in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday targeted a vessel suspected of drug smuggling, resulting in one fatality and two survivors.
- The death toll from United States military boat attacks has risen to at least 208 individuals since President Donald Trump initiated an offensive against those he terms "narcoterrorists" in early September.
- Southern Command asserted the target involved alleged drug traffickers on established routes, but the military offered no evidence to substantiate claims that the vessel was transporting illicit drugs.
- Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International consider such strikes unlawful extrajudicial killings, while some Democratic lawmakers have raised intense scrutiny regarding the overall legality of the boat attacks.
- The Pentagon plans to review whether the military followed an established targeting framework during these operations, though the watchdog confirmed the investigation excludes an assessment of the strikes' legality.
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The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced on Tuesday that a lethal kinetic strike on a drug-trafficking vessel left one male narco-terrorist dead and two survivors. The post Operation Southern Spear: SOUTHCOM Strikes Drug Boat, One Killed, Two Survivors appeared first on Breitbart.
This latest attack raises to at least 208 the number of people who have died in attacks on ships by the US Army
1 dead in latest strike on alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific
The U.S. military on Tuesday struck another boat it claimed was carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing one man and leaving two survivors. U.S. Southern Command announced the strike on social platform X, claiming that the vessel was “transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.” Following…
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