2 killed in latest strike on alleged drug boat

A U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed two men Wednesday.

U.S. Southern Command posted a 13-second video to social platform X showing a boat struck by an explosion and the aftermath of the vessel engulfed in flame and smoke.  

The command called the attack a “lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations,” claiming intelligence confirmed the vessel was “engaged in narco-trafficking operations.”

The strike comes only a day after U.S. forces had launched a similar bombing of an alleged drug boat that left one person dead and two survivors, as the Trump administration continues to destroy vessels accused of........

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