The U.S. military announced on Thursday that it had killed five people in two more strikes against boats it claimed were smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean..The attacks raised the total number of known boat strikes to 28 and caused at least 104 fatalities, according to data made public by the Trump administration. President Donald Trump defended the attacks as a necessary escalation to halt the flow of drugs into the nation and asserted that the US is engaged in a “armed conflict” with drug cartels.
Because of the boat strike campaign, lawmakers are increasingly questioning the administration. Following the initial attack in early September, two survivors were killed by a subsequent strike while clinging to the wreckage of a boat..
