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US military kills five in eastern Pacific strike on suspected drug boat
The US military said it killed five people in an airstrike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific on Tuesday.
The US military said on Tuesday it killed five people in a strike on a suspected drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific. The attack was among more than 70 such strikes since September 2025, collectively killing at least 240 people, according to media tallies. US Southern Command said the vessel was operating along established drug-trafficking routes and that 'confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking', though the administration has not provided evidence to substantiate its claims. Legal experts and rights groups have questioned the legality of the strikes, arguing they may amount to extrajudicial killings, and relatives of some killed have said their loved ones were fishermen or workers not involved in drug trafficking.
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