The US military said Thursday that an attack on a boat in the eastern Pacific killed two drug traffickers, bringing the death toll in Washington’s campaign to at least 128.
“Intelligence has confirmed that this vessel is being transported through known narco-trafficking routes in the eastern Pacific and is engaged in narco-trafficking activities,” the US Southern Command said in a post on X. “No US military forces were harmed” in the operation, it said.
President Donald Trump’s administration It began targeting alleged smuggling boats in early September, insisting it was effectively fighting “narco-terrorists” allegedly operating out of Venezuela.
But it did not provide conclusive evidence that the ships were involved in drug trafficking, prompting a heated debate about the legality of the operations, which stretched from the Caribbean to the Pacific.
In January, the US military conducted another raid in the eastern Pacific, killing two alleged drug traffickers.
Last week, relatives of two Trinidadian men killed last year in an attack on a boat the military said were carrying drugs Filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the US Govt.
This is the first time that such a case has been registered against him Trump administration on its missile strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific.
