The US military has said it killed two people in its latest strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific.
US President Donald Trump's administration began targeting alleged smuggling boats in early September, insisting it is effectively at war with alleged "narco-terrorists" operating out of Venezuela.
"Two narco-terrorists were killed and one survived the strike," US Southern Command said in a statement on X.
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According to monitors and tallies kept by media organisations, the US has now carried out some 37 attacks against 39 vessels in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean Ocean, killing at least 130 people, including the latest killings on Monday.
ReplyDeleteThe US carried out a strike on Monday against a vessel allegedly belonging to drug traffickers in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people, the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) reported.
ReplyDelete"Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations," the command wrote on X.
The SOUTHCOM also said that one person on board survived, and the military notified the US Coast Guard to conduct a search and rescue operation.