WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said it carried out another strike Saturday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men in the fourth attack this week and putting the total death toll at 205.
U.S. Southern Command announced the strike with its usual language that the vessel was “engaged in narco-trafficking operations” and operated by a designated terrorist organization. It provided no evidence for the allegation.
It’s the latest in a monthslong campaign against alleged drug boats traversing the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific.
Video released by the military on social media shows a small vessel floating in the ocean before it’s hit and engulfed in a fireball.
The attack brings the death toll to 205 in a series of U.S. strikes that began in early September, with other attacks announced on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. The Trump administration has declared that the U.S. is at armed conflict with Latin American drug cartels, saying they are behind the flow of drugs into American communities.
U.S. Southern Command said in its post on X that the strike came at the direction of Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the top U.S. commander in Latin America.
Related Posts:
- US military strikes another alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific, killing 2 News WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military on Wednesday struck another vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two men. U.S. Southern Command posted video on social media showing a boat resting on the water before being struck by an explosion. The last few seconds of the…
- US kills three men in fourth deadly ‘drug boat’ strike within a week News To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page The US military said it carried out another strike on a boat suspected of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men. The latest…
- WHO chief visits epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo as cases outpace response News By Justin Kabumba and Mark Banchereau | Associated Press BUNIA, Congo — The head of the World Health Organization on Saturday visited eastern Congo’s Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola, where the virus is spreading faster than the response despite better-organized…
- Thousands of Los Angeles students gather at Dockweiler for 30th Kids Ocean Day News By Michelle Edgar More than 2,000 students from across Los Angeles County traded classrooms for coastline Thursday morning as they gathered at Dockweiler State Beach for the 30th Kids Ocean Day, one of California’s largest youth environmental education and beach cleanup events. This year’s theme, “Coast For All,” came to…
- Pirate party boat with British tourists sinks forcing people to jump into sea News To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page A party boat with 148 people on board sank in the Mediterranean off the coast of Turkey. The pirate-themed party boat Big Boss Diamond got into…
(Visited 1 times, 1 visits today)