"The US military said it killed on Thursday five more alleged drug traffickers aboard two vessels in the Pacific Ocean, bringing the divisive campaign's death toll to over 100. The Trump administration has carried out such strikes in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean since September but has provided no evidence that the boats are involved in drug trafficking, prompting debate about the operations' legality."
"The latest strikes hit two vessels in international waters that were engaged in narco-trafficking operations, the US Southern Command said on X. Three people were killed in the first vessel and two in the second vessel, it said. The strikes have now killed 104 people, according to an Agence France-Presse tally based on official data. During a September operation, the US military launched a second strike that killed survivors of an initial attack on the same vessel, generating accusations of a war crime."
US military strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific have killed alleged drug traffickers aboard vessels, with five more killed in two Pacific boats, raising the campaign death toll above 100. The Trump administration has carried out the operations since September and has not provided evidence linking the targeted boats to drug trafficking. The latest strikes hit two vessels in international waters; three people died on one vessel and two on the other, bringing the AFP-counted total to 104. A September operation included a second strike that killed initial survivors, prompting accusations of a war crime. Congressional authorization and legal concerns have been raised; the House rejected Democratic resolutions to halt the strikes and hostilities in or against Venezuela without authorization.
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