"The US military killed 14 people and left one survivor in more strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific, the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, said on Monday, as the Trump administration continued to expand its campaign beyond the Caribbean. The latest strikes mean the US has now attacked at least 13 vessels and brought the officially acknowledged death toll to 51 people since the campaign began at the start of September."
"Hegseth sought to justify the attacks by comparing the US strikes against alleged drug traffickers to conducting strikes on al-Qaida targets during the global war on terror. The Department has spent over TWO DECADES defending other homelands. Now, we're defending our own. These narco-terrorists have killed more Americans than Al-Qaeda, and they will be treated the same. We will track them, we will network them, and then, we will hunt and kill them, Hegseth said."
US forces struck four alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific, killing 14 people and leaving one survivor. The strikes occurred in international waters and expanded an operation that has attacked at least 13 vessels since early September, with an officially acknowledged death toll of 51. The targeted boats were identified by intelligence as transiting known narco-trafficking routes and carrying narcotics. Mexico accepted responsibility for search-and-rescue of the survivor. The defense secretary framed the campaign as analogous to counterterrorism strikes, while legal experts have widely disputed the administration's reliance on presidential Article II powers rather than explicit congressional authorization.
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