Several senators on Thursday demanded unedited Pentagon video of U.S. strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats and threatened to cut Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's travel budget in the next military spending bill.
The pressure reflects mounting frustration over limited transparency on the Latin America boat campaign and a late-February U.S. airstrike that hit a girls' school in Iran, according to Politico and the Washington Post.
Three more people were killed Thursday when the U.S. military struck a boat in the eastern Pacific, bringing reported deaths from the anti-cartel maritime campaign to at least 211 since last September.
Southern Command again said it targeted traffickers on known smuggling routes but provided no evidence the vessel carried drugs, reinforcing criticism over legality and effectiveness.
UN rights chief Volker Türk has called for an investigation, while the Pentagon inspector general is reviewing targeting procedures but not the legality of the strikes.