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Washington — Individuals on board two alleged drug smuggling boats jumped into the water after an initial strike on another boat on Tuesday, the U.S. military said. U.S. Southern Command announced Wednesday that three “narco-trafficking vessels traveling as a convoy” were struck in “international waters” a day earlier. Three people were killed when the…
Latest attacks bring the total number of known boat strikes to 33 and the number of people killed to at least 110 since early September. Published On 1 Jan 20261 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The United States military has killed at least three people in yet another attack…
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NewsFeed The US military says it killed four people in an air strike on a suspected drug boat in in the Eastern Pacific. The attack was ordered by US War Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is under scrutiny over a previous attack in which survivors were killed in a follow-up strike. Published On 5 Dec 20255…
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The U.S. military conducted another strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat on Monday, a Pentagon official confirmed to CBS News. The attack targeted a vessel in the Caribbean Sea and killed four people on board. Since September, U.S. forces have destroyed at least 21 vessels in 20 strikes in international waters, killing at least 80…
Volker Turk voices rare criticism of the US bombing campaign that has killed more than 60 people in less than two months. The United Nations human rights chief has called for an investigation into United States military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America,…
