{"id":75413,"date":"2026-04-14T01:11:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T01:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-military-kills-2-men-in-another-alleged-drug-boat-strike-in-eastern-pacific\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T01:11:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T01:11:48","slug":"u-s-military-kills-2-men-in-another-alleged-drug-boat-strike-in-eastern-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-military-kills-2-men-in-another-alleged-drug-boat-strike-in-eastern-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. military kills 2 men in another alleged drug boat strike in eastern Pacific"},"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. military said it killed two people in a strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, bringing the death toll to at least 170 since strikes began last September.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Southern Command, which is responsible for Washington&#8217;s forces in the region, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Southcom\/status\/2043831574764921318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on X<\/a> that &#8220;the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed,&#8221; the post said.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News has reached out to U.S. Southern Command for evidence of narco-terror operations by the vessel.<\/p>\n<p>The latest strike comes two days after U.S. military strikes <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-boat-strikes-5-killed-1-survivor-eastern-pacific\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killed five people in two boats<\/a><\/span>, also in the eastern Pacific. One person survived those strikes, U.S. Southern Command said.<\/p>\n<p>In at least six instances, people have survived the strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats, spurring efforts to find and rescue them in most cases. Authorities have\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/coast-guard-suspends-search-alleged-drug-smugglers-trump-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">called off several of those searches<\/a><\/span>, though in one October operation, two survivors were\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/military-strikes-boat-caribbean-survivors\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">picked up by a Navy helicopter<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and repatriated to their home countries of Ecuador and Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>The military&#8217;s handling of survivors has drawn intense scrutiny. During the first boat strike on Sept. 2, two people\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/military-strikes-boat-caribbean-survivors\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">survived an initial strike but were killed in a follow-on attack<\/a><\/span>, prompting accusations the second strike may have constituted a war crime. Democratic lawmakers who watched a video of the Sept. 2 operation\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pentagon-briefing-congress-venezuela-alleged-drug-boats\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">were highly critical of the strike<\/a><\/span>. The Defense Department and several congressional Republicans have insisted the survivors may have still been in the fight, warranting the follow-on strike.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has been targeting alleged &#8220;narco-terrorists&#8221; operating in Latin America, labeling the alleged drug smugglers as &#8220;unlawful combatants,&#8221; and\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-tells-congress-armed-conflict-drug-cartels-venezuela-boat-strikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">telling Congress<\/a><\/span>\u00a0the U.S. is embroiled in a &#8220;non-international armed conflict&#8221; with cartels.<\/p>\n<p>But it has provided no definitive evidence that the vessels it targets are involved in drug trafficking, prompting heated debate about the legality of the operations.<\/p>\n<p>International law experts and rights groups say the strikes likely amount to extrajudicial killings as they have apparently targeted 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