{"id":64003,"date":"2026-02-06T03:18:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T03:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-forces-strike-alleged-drug-boat-in-pacific-second-since-maduros-capture\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T03:18:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T03:18:57","slug":"u-s-forces-strike-alleged-drug-boat-in-pacific-second-since-maduros-capture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-forces-strike-alleged-drug-boat-in-pacific-second-since-maduros-capture\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. forces strike alleged drug boat in Pacific, second since Maduro&#8217;s capture"},"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=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><br \/>\n      <span class=\"content__observer-marker content__observer-marker--fixed lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>The U.S. military struck an alleged drug-carrying boat in the eastern Pacific on Thursday, marking the 38th vessel to be struck over the last five months in Latin American waters, and the second this year.<\/p>\n<p>Two people were killed in Thursday&#8217;s operation, U.S. Southern Command <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Southcom\/status\/2019599912107712962\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in a post on X<\/a>. The military alleged the boat was operated by a designated terrorist organization and was traveling on &#8220;known narco-trafficking routes.&#8221; It didn&#8217;t name the boat&#8217;s operator, but the Trump administration has listed several Latin American drug cartels as terrorist groups.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Southern Command shared a brief unclassified video of a boat exploding and bursting into flames.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On Feb. 5, at the direction of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOUTHCOM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#SOUTHCOM<\/a> Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B3ctyN1lke\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/B3ctyN1lke<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Southcom\/status\/2019599912107712962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">February 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The military has now struck at least 38 vessels across 36 airstrikes since early September, killing at least 128 people in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>The pace of the boat strikes has slowed significantly since Jan. 3, when U.S. forces <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/how-us-captured-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-dan-caine-trump\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">captured Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a><\/span>, whom the Trump administration accuses of working with drug trafficking groups. Just two vessels have been struck since then, including a boat that was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-35th-strike-alleged-drug-boat-eastern-pacific-first-since-maduro-capture\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">hit in the Pacific on Jan. 23<\/a><\/span>, and the one that was struck on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump has argued the boat strikes are necessary to quell narcotics trafficking. His administration has told Congress the U.S. is in a &#8220;non-international armed conflict&#8221; with drug cartels, and the alleged smugglers <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-tells-congress-armed-conflict-drug-cartels-venezuela-boat-strikes\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">who crew the boats<\/a><\/span> are &#8220;unlawful combatants.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Critics, including Democratic lawmakers, argue the strikes are legally unjustified and accuse the administration of failing to produce enough evidence that the boats were carrying drugs toward the U.S. Revelations last year that <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/survivors-sept-2-boat-strike-waving-before-second-attack\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">two survivors<\/a><\/span> of the campaign&#8217;s first strike on Sept. 2 were killed by a follow-on attack also drew steep criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Congressional Democrats have also broadly criticized the Trump administration&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/u-s-reopens-shuttered-puerto-rico-naval-base-caribbean-military-buildup-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">military buildup<\/a><\/span> near Central and South America, including the boat strikes and Maduro&#8217;s capture, noting that Congress hasn&#8217;t authorized the use of military force. The administration has asserted that the operations are legal and don&#8217;t require approval from lawmakers. 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