The American armed forces announced on Monday new attacks against three ships suspected of transporting drugs in the Eastern Pacific, killing eight people.
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The US military’s anti-drug campaign in the Caribbean and Pacific, led by Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth, has resulted in at least 95 deaths and the destruction of 26 ships since early September.
“Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were using known drug trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were involved in drug trafficking activities,” the U.S. Southern Command said in a Facebook post.
The army added that “a total of eight drug trafficking suspects were killed during these operations: three on the first ship, two on the second and three on the third.”
The Southern Command Post posts video footage on social media of three different ships drifting before being hit by the attacks. The bombings were accompanied by a massive US military deployment in the Caribbean, including the world’s largest aircraft carrier and several warships.
US President Donald Trump insists the aim is to combat drug trafficking, while his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, says it is a pretext for regime change in Caracas.
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