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US airstrike kills five on suspected drug vessel
The US military struck an alleged trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific, part of a broader campaign that has killed over 240 people since Trump took office.
In brief
The US military struck an alleged trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific, part of a broader campaign that has killed over 240 people since Trump took office. The US military killed five people in an airstrike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific on Tuesday, one of over seventy such strikes…
Five killed in Pacific airstrike
The US military said on Tuesday it killed five people after an airstrike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Over seventy strikes since Trump's return
Tuesday's strike was among more than seventy such attacks since the beginning of Donald Trump's second presidency. Collectively, they have killed more than two hundred forty people.
Legal challenge to strike campaign
The Trump administration has not provided definitive evidence of drug trafficking. Legal experts and rights groups argue the strikes could amount to extrajudicial killings targeting civilians who do not pose an immediate threat.
At a glance
The US military killed five people in an airstrike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific on Tuesday, one of over seventy such strikes since Trump's second presidency began.
