U.S. carries out first boat strike in the Pacific since Maduro raid, killing two
US conducts lethal strike on alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific
- The U.S. military carried out a lethal strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday, as announced by U.S. Southern Command.
- The strike resulted in the deaths of two individuals, with one survivor, for whom the U.S. Coast Guard initiated search and rescue protocols.
- Intelligence confirmed the vessel was engaged in narco-trafficking operations along known routes in the Eastern Pacific.
- This marks the first known U.S. strike in the region since the military operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro earlier this month.
- Friday's attack brings the estimated death toll of the administration's air strike campaign in the region to 125 people.