"The United States has killed two people in another strike on a vessel in the Pacific, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said, bringing to at least 67 the number of people killed in US attacks on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific since early September. In a post on social media late on Tuesday, Hegseth alleged that the latest vessel attacked was involved in illicit narcotics smuggling,"
"Describing the vessel as transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics, Hegseth said US forces attacked it in international waters in the Eastern Pacific on the orders of US President Donald Trump. Hegseth did not provide any evidence of drug trafficking, while a short aerial video of the attack showed what appeared to be a vessel stationary in the water before being hit by a missile and exploding in smoke and flames."
US forces have carried out strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific since early September, killing at least 67 people, including two in the latest Pacific strike. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth alleged the latest vessel was carrying narcotics and transiting a known narco-trafficking route and said the attack occurred in international waters on presidential orders. A redacted aerial video shows a vessel struck by a missile and exploding, but no evidence of trafficking has been publicly provided. Lawmakers, Latin American governments, victims' families and legal experts have questioned the legal basis and called the attacks extrajudicial.
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