"Latest attacks bring the total number of known boat strikes to 33 and the number of people killed to at least 110 since early September. The United States military has killed at least three people in yet another attack on alleged drug smuggling boats, and ordered the country's coastguard to launch a search for survivors. The statement by US Southern Command on Wednesday did not reveal where the attacks occurred. Previous attacks have been in the Caribbean Sea and in the eastern Pacific Ocean."
"A video posted by the Southern Command on social media shows the boats travelling in a close formation, and the military said they were in a convoy along known narco-trafficking routes and had transferred narcotics between the three vessels prior to the strikes. The military did not provide evidence to back up the claim. Three narco-terrorists aboard the first vessel were killed in the first engagement, it said."
Latest attacks bring the total number of known boat strikes to 33 and the number of people killed to at least 110 since early September. The United States military killed at least three people in the most recent strike and ordered the coastguard to search for survivors. The US Southern Command did not disclose the strike locations; previous strikes occurred in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean. A video posted by Southern Command shows boats travelling in close formation and alleges narcotics transfers among three vessels prior to strikes, though no evidence was provided. Survivors reportedly abandoned vessels and some were searched for by the Coast Guard.
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