US strikes on vessels in eastern Pacific kill 8
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The US military attacked three vessels in the eastern Pacific, claiming they were drug boats. Eight men are reported have died in the incident.
The US Southern Command gave the details of the latest strikes in a statement posted on X
The United States military said late on Monday that it had carried out strikes on three alleged narco-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific ocean, killing eight people.
“Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking,” US Southern Command said in a statement on social media platform X.
“A total of eight male narco-terrorists were killed during these actions-three in the first vessel, two in the second and three in the third,” it added.The US military did not give any evidence for their drug trafficking allegations.
A video posted with the statement showed a boat moving through the sea waters before exploding.
