The U.S. military on Thursday struck another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific, as the Trump administration comes under mounting scrutiny and criticism over the attacks.
Dec. 4 The U.S. military on Thursday struck another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific, as the Trump administration comes under mounting scrutiny and criticism over the attacks.
The « lethal kinetic strike » killed four men, U.S. Southern Command said in a statement, saying it was at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
On X, U.S. Southern Command published a 21-second black-and-white video of the Thursday strike, showing a top-down view of a boat traveling on the ocean. At about the 6-second mark of the video, the boat erupts in flames.
« The vessel was carrying illicit narcotics and transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific », the U.S. Southern Command said.
It is the 22nd attack by the Trump administration on vessels in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean Sea, killing more than 86 people, and the latest since Nov. 15.
The Trump administration has been attacking boats since Sept. 2, alleging they were operated by a designated terrorist organization.
No proof of ties to a terrorist organization has been made public.
President Donald Trump, via executive order, has listed eight drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specifically Designate Global Terrorists.
