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US Military Strike on Alleged Drug Boat Kills Five in Eastern Pacific
The U.S. military reported killing five people in a strike against an alleged drug smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean. This latest action raises the death toll in the ongoing military campaign to 243 fatalities since September 2025, a campaign that critics have condemned as involving extrajudicial killings.
Referenced News Coverage (2 sources)
- US says it killed five people in strike on alleged drug boat (Al Jazeera English)
- US military says 5 were killed by a strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific (The Independent UK)