American military announced the killing of two more men in a “fatal kinetic strike” on a suspected drug ship in international waters in the eastern Pacific on Monday.
The Pentagon published video of the strikebringing the total number of known naval attacks on suspected drug smugglers to 30 since September and also increasing death toll at least 107 people, according to the US military.
The attack was carried out “on instructions” Pete HegsethThis was stated by the Secretary of Defense of the US Southern Command in a post on X, the social network owned by Elon Musk, where images of the attacks were posted.
“Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was transiting known drug trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and was involved in drug trafficking operations,” the military said. “No American military the troops suffered damage.”
Donald Trump justified attacks on suspected drug smugglers with the false claim that each shipment would result in the deaths of 25,000 Americans.
On the weekend the president said supporter of a New York radio show that the USA had Last week in Venezuela, “a large plant or a large facility… where ships come from was taken out of commission” – a strike that was not reported if it occurred.
Asked about those remarks by reporters on Monday, Trump insisted the strike actually took place. “There was a major explosion in the area of the dock where they were loading boats with drugs,” Trump told reporters before lunch for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida. Trump, the White House and the Pentagon provided no other details. “So we hit all the boats, and now we are in this area,” the president said, “this is the implementation area, they are implementing there, but this is no longer there.”
