The U.S. military carries out a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three people, according to multiple outlets. The attacks are part of a broader campaign launched in early September under the Trump administration, which targets people the U.S. calls “narcoterrorists.”
All reports say this latest Thursday attack increases the overall death toll from U.S. boat strikes to at least 211 since the campaign began. The sources describe the boats as linked to drug trafficking and present the strikes as being aimed at alleged smugglers.
While the outlets do not provide detailed information in the excerpts about the circumstances of the attack beyond the location, timing, and number killed, they agree on the core elements: a U.S. military strike in the eastern Pacific, three fatalities, and a cumulative total of at least 211 deaths from similar boat strikes during the current campaign.
