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Four people were killed in each of the Pacific engagements, and three were killed in the Caribbean strike. U.S. officials reported no American casualties. Southern Command described the actions as “lethal kinetic strikes” and released video footage showing small boats being hit and engulfed in flames.
The US military conducted a strike on a vessel in the Pacific Ocean, killing three individuals. This action is part of Operation Southern Spear, a controversial initiative launched by President Donald Trump to combat the illegal flow of narcotics into the United States.
The US military launched a strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific on Friday, killing three men in its second strike this week. This brings the total number of people killed in US strikes on suspected boats since September to at least 148.
The US military's Southern Command claimed the vessel was involved in drug trafficking, without providing any evidence. A video released by SOUTHCOM showed a stationary boat with outboard engines bursting into flames after being hit by US fire.
The U.S. military said Friday that it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. This attack raises the death toll from the Trump administration’s strikes on alleged drug boats to at least 148 people in at least ... .
The U.S. military conducted another deadly strike on a vessel ... drug trafficking in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three individuals. This strike is part of a broader campaign initiated by the Trump administration, which has resulted in at least 148 deaths across 43 attacks since September, targeting alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
The U.S. struck three boats Monday that were allegedly carrying illicit narcotics, killing 11 people in the strikes, U.S. Southern Command announced Tuesday. Two of the strikes were against boats in the Eastern Pacific, each killing four men. The third, conducted against a boat in the Caribbean, killed three people.
The US Southern Command reported that intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco ... . Three people were killed in the strike, with no US servicemen injured.
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