US military carries out third boat strike in five days
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Updated · The New York Times · May 9
US military carries out third boat strike in five days
15 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 9
The attack in the eastern Pacific killed two people, left one survivor at large and prompted a search led by the Mexican Navy, with the US Coast Guard notified.
US Southern Command said the vessel was tied to designated terrorist organisations and drug trafficking, but the Trump administration has not provided evidence for boats targeted in such strikes.
The latest strike brings the reported death toll from 57 US attacks in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to at least 192, amid expert criticism that the operations are illegal extrajudicial killings.
Why have deadly military strikes at sea failed to reduce cocaine seizures on land?
With 192 killed, what evidence separates a drug smuggler from a military combatant?
Is the U.S. creating a new global norm for using military force against criminal groups?