US kills 11 people in three strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels
Al Jazeera
President Donald Trump’s campaign against alleged drug boats has resulted in at least 145 deaths since September.
The United States military announced that it has carried out three strikes against alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, killing at least 11 people.
US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), which oversees military activities in Latin America, said it conducted two of the strikes in the Eastern Pacific and one in the Caribbean as part of a campaign dubbed Operation Southern Spear. All three attacks were carried out late on Monday.
“Eleven male narco-terrorists were killed during these actions, 4 on the first vessel in the Eastern Pacific, 4 on the second vessel in the Eastern Pacific, and 3 on the third vessel in the Caribbean,” SOUTHCOM said in a social media post on Tuesday.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has been attacking what it says are drug-trafficking boats in the waters off South America since September 2 as part of a broader campaign against regional drug cartels.
But legal experts have condemned the campaign as a series of extrajudicial killings.
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