World·Drug war
U.S. strike kills five aboard suspected drug boat in the eastern Pacific, Southern Command says
Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere carried out a lethal strike Tuesday on a go-fast vessel "operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific," killing five people it called narco-terrorists, U.S. Southern Command said, according to Fox News. Fox cited The Associated Press as counting at least 240 deaths from more than 70 strikes in the campaign. SOUTHCOM did not give an exact location, and the military has generally not identified those killed.
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- Fox NewsUS military kills five in eastern Pacific strike on suspected drug-trafficking vessel