{"id":62939,"date":"2026-01-03T04:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/coast-guard-suspends-search-for-alleged-drug-smugglers-who-jumped-overboard-after-u-s-strike\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T04:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T04:40:17","slug":"coast-guard-suspends-search-for-alleged-drug-smugglers-who-jumped-overboard-after-u-s-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/coast-guard-suspends-search-for-alleged-drug-smugglers-who-jumped-overboard-after-u-s-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast Guard suspends search for alleged drug smugglers who jumped overboard after U.S. strike"},"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>The U.S. Coast Guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.uscg.mil\/Press-Releases\/Article\/4370416\/coast-guard-suspends-search-for-individuals-in-the-pacific-ocean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said late Friday<\/a> it has called off a dayslong search for several people in the Eastern Pacific who jumped overboard when their alleged drug-trafficking boats were targeted by the U.S. military.<\/p>\n<p>The military says it struck a group of three boats on Tuesday \u2014 part of a monthslong campaign of airstrikes that the Trump administration says are targeting Latin American drug cartels at sea. But after the first boat was struck, killing three, as many as eight people aboard the other two boats abandoned their vessels, U.S. officials <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/alleged-drug-smugglers-jumped-overboard-latest-boat-strikes-pacific-us-military\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">told CBS News earlier this week<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The Coast Guard said in a statement that the people were reported missing about 400 nautical miles off the Mexico-Guatemala border. The search lasted about 65 hours and covered an area of ocean that spanned more than 1,090 nautical miles, but multiple search boats did not spot any &#8220;survivors or debris,&#8221; according to the Coast Guard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At this stage of the response, the likelihood of a successful outcome, based on elapsed time, environmental conditions, and available resources for a person in the water is very low,&#8221; Coast Guard Capt. Patrick Dill said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>The search <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.uscg.mil\/Press-Releases\/Article\/4370416\/coast-guard-suspends-search-for-individuals-in-the-pacific-ocean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">was carried out<\/a> by a Coast Guard plane that took off from California, a vessel in the area that belonged to the Coast Guard&#8217;s emergency assistance system and three other nearby vessels that were asked to help. The Coast Guard said in its statement that &#8220;available assets were extremely limited due to distance and range constraints.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A Coast Guard spokesperson told CBS News earlier Friday that 40-knot winds and nine-foot seas were reported in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Colombian President Gustavo Petro \u2014 who has clashed with the Trump administration in recent months \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/petrogustavo\/status\/2007148400530088299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote on X Friday<\/a> that the people appeared to survive the strikes. He said the Colombian Navy was willing to assist.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military has conducted at least 35 boat strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific between Sept. 2 and Dec. 31, killing at least 115 people.<\/p>\n<p>The military has reported survivors in a handful of boat strikes \u2014 and has faced heavy scrutiny for its handling of those cases. Two survivors from a mid-October strike were <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/military-strikes-boat-caribbean-survivors\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">detained by the U.S. Navy<\/a><\/span> and then repatriated to Colombia and Ecuador. One survivor from a late October operation is presumed dead after the Mexican Navy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/10\/31\/us\/politics\/us-boat-strike-survivor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">called off a search<\/a> for the person.<\/p>\n<p>And in the Trump administration&#8217;s first set of boat strikes on Sept. 2, two people <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-alleged-drug-boat-strike-venezuela-hegseth\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">survived the initial attack<\/a><\/span> but were killed in a follow-on strike. Congressional Democrats who viewed a video of the operation <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pentagon-briefing-congress-venezuela-alleged-drug-boats\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">criticized<\/a><\/span> the second strike, alleging the military killed shipwrecked people who no longer posed a threat, but GOP lawmakers have called the strike justifiable, arguing the survivors appeared to still be in the fight.<\/p>\n<p>The boat strikes are part of a broader military buildup in the region, amid a growing U.S. pressure campaign against the regime of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. The Trump administration has accused Maduro&#8217;s government of working with drug cartels, which it denies.<\/p>\n<p>The operations have drawn criticism from lawmakers who argue the president is operating without permission from Congress. 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