US strike on alleged drug boat kills three in eastern Pacific
Summary
The US military conducted a strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men suspected of drug trafficking. This was the second such US strike in two days targeting vessels accused of smuggling drugs along known trafficking routes.Key Facts
- The strike happened in the eastern Pacific Ocean and killed three men described as involved in drug trafficking.
- US Southern Command said the boat was moving along drug smuggling routes.
- No US military personnel were harmed in the strike.
- The strike was the second in two days; a similar strike the day before also killed three men.
- Over the last several months, US strikes on drug trafficking boats have killed more than 200 people.
- These strikes are part of an acknowledged armed conflict between the US and Latin American drug cartels declared by the Trump administration.
- The White House has not publicly provided direct proof that the targeted vessels were involved in drug trafficking.
- Human rights groups such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have criticized the strikes, calling them unlawful extrajudicial killings.
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