The US military said it killed on Thursday five more alleged drug traffickers aboard two vessels in the Pacific Ocean, bringing the divisive campaign’s death toll to over 100.
The Trump administration has carried out such strikes in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean since September but has provided no evidence that the boats are involved in drug trafficking, prompting debate about the operations’ legality.
The latest strikes hit two vessels in international waters that were “engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” the US Southern Command said on X.
Three people were killed in the first vessel and two in the second vessel, it said.
The strikes have now killed 104 people, according to an Agence France-Presse tally based on official data.
Murders. These are murders.
The strikes have now killed 104 people, according to an Agence France-Presse tally based on official data.
104 killings is probably an undercount, but it puts Hegseth & Trump in fourth place.
Prison for everyone involved, please. These are killings unjustified under any sane reading of any American or international law.
Especially since we already have a branch of the military that regularly intercepts and captures drug smugglers without blowing them to pieces.
There’s literally no reason to be doing this other than them wanting to kill brown people.
Hey! I helped pay for that! 🇺🇸🦅💵
Now libruls get fiscally conservative!! /s
