US Military Kills One in Eastern Pacific Drug Interdiction Operation
Washington DC. US military officials said one person died when a boat was attacked in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday.
The attack is part of the military operation "Southern Spear," launched in September under the direction of President Donald Trump to control drug traffickers operating from Latin America into the United States.
"Intelligence confirmed that the boat was transiting on narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was involved in a narco-trafficking operation," the US Southern Command (Southcom) said via social media X.
Two people were injured in the attack, and the US Coast Guard has launched a search and rescue operation for them, Southcom said.
More than 200 people have died during the "Southern Spear" attacks in the Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Pacific Ocean, AFP reported.
Legal experts and human rights groups have called the attacks, which targeted civilians not posing an immediate threat to the United States, extrajudicial killings.
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