"The US military on Thursday said it killed two alleged drug traffickers in a strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific, bringing the death toll from Washington's campaign to at least 128. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations, the US Southern Command said in a post on X. It said no US military forces were harmed in the operation."
"President Donald Trump's administration began targeting alleged smuggling boats in early September, insisting it was effectively at war with alleged narco-terrorists operating out of Venezuela. But it has provided no definitive evidence that the vessels are involved in drug trafficking, prompting heated debate about the legality of the operations, which have expanded from the Caribbean to the Pacific. In January, the US military carried out another strike in the eastern Pacific, killing two alleged drug traffickers."
US military forces killed two alleged drug traffickers in a strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific, bringing the campaign death toll to at least 128. Intelligence confirmed the vessel transited known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. No US military forces were harmed. President Donald Trump's administration began targeting alleged smuggling boats in early September and framed the effort as confronting alleged narco-terrorists operating out of Venezuela. The administration has provided no definitive evidence of drug trafficking involvement, prompting legal debate as operations expanded from the Caribbean to the Pacific. Relatives of two Trinidadian men killed last year filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the US government, the first such case related to these missile strikes.
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