Pentagon kills 3 in another strike on suspected drug-trafficking vessel
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Pentagon On Sunday, another ship allegedly carrying suspected drug traffickers in the Eastern Pacific was launched into a deadly attack, killing three people on board.
U.S. Southern Command said it carried out a “lethal kinetic attack on a ship operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization” at the direction of Marine Corps Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the leader of Southern Command.
“Intelligence confirmed that the ship was transiting through known drug smuggling routes in the Eastern Pacific and was involved in drug smuggling operations,” Southern Command said in a press release. he said.
US MILITARY KILLS TWO SUSPECTED NARCO TERRORISTS IN AN ATTACK ON A DRUG TRAFFICKING VESSEL IN THE PACIFIC
Three people on board were killed, according to Southern Command, but no U.S. forces were killed in the attack on the ship.
This was the 55th attack since the United States began targeting boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific in early September.
The death toll increased in the last strike Trump administration The number of attacks on ships carrying people accused of drug smuggling has reached at least 186.
USA ATTACKED ANOTHER BOAT CARRYING SUSPECTS OF DRUG RUNNING, 6 PEOPLE KILLED
US Southern Command said it carried out a “lethal kinetic attack on a ship operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization.” (US Southern Command)
The Pentagon has refused since last fall to release the identities of those killed in the attacks or provide evidence that drugs were on the ship.
“Going on the offensive with Operation Southern Lance restored deterrence against narco-terrorist cartels that profit from poisoning Americans,” Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said last month.
The administration, in recent months, has been under pressure from Democrats and even Sen. Some Republicans, including Rand Paul, R-Ky., are under scrutiny for their strikes. expressed concerns About the possibility of killing people without due process and killing innocent people.
The Pentagon has refused since last fall to release the identities of those killed in the attacks or provide evidence that drugs were on the ship. (US Southern Command)
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“I look at my colleagues who say they are pro-life and they value God’s inspiration in life, but they don’t provide much information about these people on the boats,” Paul said in January. “Scary people on the boats? I don’t know. Probably poor people in Venezuela and Colombia.”
The senator had previously cited Coast Guard statistics showing that a significant percentage of boats embarked on suspicion of drug smuggling are innocent.
