US Strikes Boat In Eastern Pacific Over 'Drug Trafficking', Kills 2
US forces conducted a lethal strike on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, claiming it was involved in drug trafficking. This incident marks the latest in a series of over 60 similar operations as the US expands its anti-narcotics campaign across Latin America.
Why it matters
The escalation of US military operations against cartels in international waters and on foreign soil raises significant questions regarding sovereignty and the militarization of drug enforcement.
US forces have struck another vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two people the Pentagon says were trafficking drugs.The US Southern Command announced the strike in a social media post early Monday. The death count from the Trump administration's campaign of bombing boats off Latin America's Caribbean coast and in the eastern Pacific now exceeds 210 after more than 60 strikes.The Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere "executed a lethal kinetic strike on a low-profile vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific."
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