{"id":82419,"date":"2026-05-28T09:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/another-alleged-drug-boat-struck-by-u-s-military-in-eastern-pacific-killing-2-southcom-says\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T09:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:27:18","slug":"another-alleged-drug-boat-struck-by-u-s-military-in-eastern-pacific-killing-2-southcom-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/another-alleged-drug-boat-struck-by-u-s-military-in-eastern-pacific-killing-2-southcom-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Another alleged drug boat struck by U.S. military in eastern Pacific, killing 2, SOUTHCOM 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=\"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 said it struck another vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, killing two men. <\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Southern Command posted video on social media showing a boat resting on the water before being struck by an explosion. The last few seconds of the video show smoke and fire rising from the boat.<\/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 May 27, at the direction of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/SOUTHCOM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"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\/qKvSjxpk3P\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/qKvSjxpk3P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Southcom\/status\/2059791619067695516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A day earlier, U.S. forces launched a strike on another alleged drug vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing one man and leaving two survivors. Southern Command said it &#8220;immediately notified the U.S. Coast Guard to activate the Search and Rescue system for the survivors.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration&#8217;s campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters, including the eastern Pacific and the Caribbean Sea, has gone on since early September and killed at least 196 people in total.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon watchdog said last week that it will evaluate whether the U.S. military followed an established targeting framework when carrying out the attacks on alleged drug-smuggling boats. The six-phase Joint Targeting Cycle includes a military commander&#8217;s intent, target development, analysis, decision, execution and assessment.  <\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon inspector general&#8217;s office said the review was &#8220;self-initiated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It won&#8217;t probe the legality of the strikes. 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