United States kills 14 crew members of four suspected drug boats in the Pacific

"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday on his social media account X that the U.S. military had launched three extrajudicial attacks on four vessels sailing in the Pacific on Monday. Fourteen people were killed in the operation, and there was one survivor. Hegseth claimed, without providing evidence, that the vessels were transporting drugs and that their crew members, killed in the operation, belonged to designated terrorist organizations. He did not specify which organizations."

"Including these four vessels, the U.S. military has destroyed 14 boats since early September in a White House-declared war without Congressional approval against Venezuelan, and more recently Colombian, drug traffickers. The operations have so far left 57 civilians dead, with only three survivors reported. Hegseth said that eight narco-terrorists were on the first two vessels attacked at the direction of President Trump."

"As usual, the message from Hegseth who seems to have taken over Trump's role in announcing these extrajudicial operations on social media included a video labeled declassified. The clip showed three different targets. Two of them were fast-moving boats crossing the ocean. In the opening sequence, two vessels are stationary side by side before a projectile strikes, causing both to explode."

The U.S. military launched three extrajudicial attacks on four vessels in the Eastern Pacific, killing fourteen people and producing one survivor. The operation targeted boats allegedly transporting narcotics and asserted that crew members belonged to designated terrorist organizations, without specifying which groups. Since early September, U.S. forces have destroyed fourteen boats in a White House-declared campaign against Venezuelan and Colombian drug traffickers, leaving 57 civilians dead and only three reported survivors. The strikes occurred in international waters with no U.S. casualties. A declassified video clip displayed three targets, including fast-moving boats and two vessels that exploded after being struck.

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