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U.S. Southern Command announced the strike with its usual
language that the vessel was “engaged in narco-trafficking
operations” and operated by a designated terrorist organization.
It provided no evidence for the allegation.
It's the latest in a monthslong campaign against alleged drug
boats traversing the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific.
Video released by the military on social media shows a small
vessel floating in the ocean before it's hit and engulfed in a
fireball.
The attack brings the death toll to 205 in a series of U.S.
strikes that began in early September, with other attacks
announced on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. The Trump
administration has declared that the U.S. is at armed conflict
with Latin American drug cartels, saying they are behind the
flow of drugs into American communities.
U.S. Southern Command said in its post on X that the strike came
at the direction of Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the top U.S.
commander in Latin America.
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