"United States forces have killed five more people on board vessels in the Pacific Ocean, bringing the death toll from the Trump administration's military campaign against alleged seaborne drug traffickers to at least 104 since September. The US military's Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said on Friday that it carried out lethal kinetic strikes on two vessels in the eastern Pacific at the instruction of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, killing three people in one vessel and two in another."
"Latin American leaders and law experts have branded the US attacks extrajudicial killings while Trump has sought to justify the killings as necessary to halt drug trafficking into the US from Latin American drug cartels, particularly those based in Venezuela. Trump has also ordered a huge military deployment to Latin America and has threatened to remove Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power, accusing him of overseeing a drug trafficking cartel."
US military forces carried out lethal strikes on two vessels in the eastern Pacific, killing three people on one and two on another. The strikes, ordered by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, are part of a campaign that has destroyed vessels and reportedly killed more than 100 people. The US labeled the victims male narco-terrorists but has provided no proof linking the vessels to drug trafficking. Strikes reported on survivors clinging to boat debris have drawn legal warnings that such attacks could amount to war crimes. Latin American leaders called the operations extrajudicial killings while US officials say they are needed to halt cartel drug flows.
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