One dead in latest strike on alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific

The U.S. military on Tuesday struck another boat it claimed was carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing one man and leaving two survivors.

U.S. Southern Command announced the strike on social platform X, claiming that the vessel was “transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.” 

Following the attack, the command “immediately notified [the] U.S. Coast Guard to activate the Search and Rescue system for the survivors, according to its statement. 

A video posted alongside the statement shows a boat traversing the water before being hit by the strike and engulfed in flames.

At least 208 people have been killed in U.S. military boat strikes since early September, when the Trump administration began targeting what it claimed were drug smuggling vessels and........

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