U.S. Conducts Airstrikes on Four More Boats

"American military forces carried out three airstrikes Monday that destroyed four vessels in the eastern Pacific alleged to be transporting drugs bound for the U.S., Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced. The strikes, which killed 14 and left one survivor, are the latest in a dramatic ramp-up of lethal American attacks on drug trafficking vessels in the waters of the western hemisphere."

"They also mark the expansion of the U.S. military's presence in the eastern pacific; most of the previous strikes were on drug boats travelling in the Caribbean Sea. The Trump administration has taken an aggressive stance towards drug trafficking, dramatically expanding U.S. military presence in SOUTHCOM and designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. "These narco-terrorists have killed more Americans than Al-Qaeda, and they will be treated the same," Hegseth wrote in a post on X."

American military forces conducted three airstrikes that destroyed four vessels in the eastern Pacific alleged to be carrying drugs bound for the U.S. Fourteen people were killed and one survivor was left. The operations represent a significant increase in lethal U.S. attacks on drug-smuggling vessels across the western hemisphere and extend U.S. military activity farther into the eastern Pacific beyond the Caribbean Sea. The U.S. government has expanded SOUTHCOM forces and designated drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. U.S. officials stated that narco-terrorists will be tracked, networked, hunted, and killed as part of counter-smuggling operations.

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