{"id":62629,"date":"2025-12-31T23:52:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T23:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/alleged-drug-smugglers-jumped-overboard-in-latest-boat-strikes-u-s-military-says\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T23:52:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T23:52:19","slug":"alleged-drug-smugglers-jumped-overboard-in-latest-boat-strikes-u-s-military-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/alleged-drug-smugglers-jumped-overboard-in-latest-boat-strikes-u-s-military-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged drug smugglers jumped overboard in latest boat strikes, U.S. military says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Washington<\/em> \u2014 Individuals on board two <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/drug-boat-strike-kills-2-eastern-pacific-december-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">alleged drug smuggling boats<\/a><\/span> jumped into the water after an initial strike on another boat on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Southern Command announced Wednesday that three &#8220;narco-trafficking vessels traveling as a convoy&#8221; were struck in &#8220;international waters&#8221; a day earlier. Three people were killed when the first boat was hit, according to Southern Command, bringing the estimated death toll in the monthslong military campaign against alleged drug smugglers to at least 110.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The remaining narco-terrorists abandoned the other two vessels, jumping overboard and distancing themselves before follow-on engagements sank their respective vessels,&#8221; Southern Command said, adding that the U.S. Coast Guard had been notified for search-and-rescue efforts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a separate statement, the Coast Guard said it was notified Tuesday about &#8220;mariners in distress in the Pacific Ocean.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The U.S. Coast Guard is coordinating search-and-rescue operations with vessels in the area, and a Coast Guard C-130 aircraft is en route to provide further search coverage with the ability to drop a survival raft and supplies,&#8221; the statement said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As many as eight people abandoned the remaining two vessels, three U.S. officials told CBS News. One of the officials said the strikes were conducted in the eastern Pacific Ocean.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Southcom\/status\/2006474817076330557?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">46-second video<\/a> of the strikes did not appear to show any survivors in the water.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration&#8217;s handling of survivors has come <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-hegseth-venezuela-boat-strikes-war-crimes-are-they-legal\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">under intense scrutiny<\/a><\/span>, with some critics accusing it of committing potential war crimes after a follow-up strike on Sept. 2 killed two survivors. Two men who survived a strike in the Caribbean Sea on Oct. 16 were detained by the U.S. Navy and repatriated to their countries of origin, prompting questions about the danger the Trump administration has claimed alleged drug traffickers pose to the U.S. Strikes on Oct. 27 in the Pacific left one survivor, who has since been presumed dead. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Members of Congress \u2014 mostly Democrats \u2014 <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/house-war-powers-votes-trump-venezuela-boat-land-strikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">have sought to rein in the boat strikes<\/a><\/span>, which come as the Trump administration escalates pressure against Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. The administration has accused Maduro of drug trafficking and working with gangs designated by the U.S. as terrorist organizations, which Maduro denies.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers have raised alarm that the strikes, which have not been authorized by Congress, could lead to war with Venezuela and have questioned their legality.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump, who has repeatedly threatened land strikes against Venezuela,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-says-us-hit-facility-alleged-drug-boats\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">said<\/a><\/span>\u00a0the U.S. &#8220;knocked out&#8221; a &#8220;big facility&#8221; last week linked to the alleged drug smuggling operations, but his administration has provided few details on the matter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs,&#8221; Mr. Trump told reporters Monday in Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many Republicans have defended the strikes, including after the administration acknowledged that two survivors of the Sept. 2 boat attack were killed in a follow-up strike.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both critics and defenders of the Sept. 2 follow-up strike have called for the video to be released to the public, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hegseth-says-he-wont-release-video-of-sept-2-double-tap-u-s-strike-that-killed-2-survivors\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">said<\/a><\/span> the Pentagon has no plans to do so.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/nicole-sganga\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Nicole  Sganga<\/a> and <\/p>\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/eleanor-morgan-watson\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" 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