Rep. Sara Jacobs also said these are „extrajudicial killings where we have no evidence“
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced another boat in the Eastern Pacific was destroyed by the U.S. military for allegedly carrying drugs. Four people onboard were killed, marking the 14th such strike since Sept. 1, which have killed at least 61 people, with two survivors and one person missing.
The Trump administration has admitted they don’t know who is on these boats and in fact, don’t find it particularly necessary to find out. The administration also has yet to provide hard evidence that any of these destroyed boats — plus one semi-submersible craft, also known as a “narco-submarine” — are actually carrying drugs. Speaking to CNN on Thursday, Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif., detailed a briefing from Pentagon officials on the boat strikes: “They said that they do not need to positively identify individuals on the vessel to do the strikes.”
Jacobs also explained why the military has not attempted to detain or prosecute survivors, “because they could not satisfy the evidentiary burden.
