US military says strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat kills two
US Southern Command says that Sunday’s strike targeted a vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific. The United States military said it struck a suspected drug-trafficking boat in the Pacific Ocean, killing two people.
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- Fact 1: Since then, more than 200 people have been killed in strikes across the Eastern Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, according to a tally by the AFP news agency.
US Southern Command says that Sunday’s strike targeted a vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific. The United States military said it struck a suspected drug-trafficking boat in the Pacific Ocean, killing two people.
In a Monday post on X, US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said Sunday’s strike targeted a vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific. Ukraine’s allies convene in Kyiv as Zelenskyy seeks air defence boost The right to health in Gaza is now a privilege ‘Barrel bomb mufti’ Ahmad Hassoun handed life sentence in Syria trial “Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel’s active involvement in narco-trafficking,” SOUTHCOM added. “This operation is a clear and decisive reminder that SOUTHCOM is taking the fight directly to the cartels.” Grainy, black-and-white video accompanying the post appeared to show a boat moving through the water immediately before a large explosion.
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Original source: Al Jazeera
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