{"id":82973,"date":"2026-05-31T17:27:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T17:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-military-strike-on-alleged-drug-boat-in-pacific-ocean-kills-3-people-in-fourth-attack-this-week\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T17:27:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T17:27:43","slug":"u-s-military-strike-on-alleged-drug-boat-in-pacific-ocean-kills-3-people-in-fourth-attack-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-military-strike-on-alleged-drug-boat-in-pacific-ocean-kills-3-people-in-fourth-attack-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. military strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific Ocean kills 3 people in fourth attack this week"},"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 carried out another strike Saturday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men in the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/death-toll-us-strikes-alleged-drug-boats-climbs-above-200-eastern-pacific-caribbean\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">fourth attack this week<\/a><\/span> and putting the total death toll at 205.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Southern Command <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Southcom\/status\/2060905355584913759\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced the strike<\/a> with its usual language that the vessel was &#8220;engaged in narco-trafficking operations&#8221; and operated by a designated terrorist organization. It provided no evidence for the allegation.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the latest in a monthslong campaign against alleged drug boats traversing the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>Video released by the military on social media shows a small vessel moving in the ocean before it&#8217;s hit and engulfed in a fireball.<\/p>\n<p>The attack brings the death toll to 205 in a series of U.S. strikes that began in early September, with other attacks announced on <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/alleged-drug-boat-struck-us-military-eastern-pacific-2-dead-southcom\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Tuesday<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-boat-strikes-alleged-drug-boats-death-toll-survivors-not-found\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Wednesday<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/death-toll-us-strikes-alleged-drug-boats-climbs-above-200-eastern-pacific-caribbean\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Friday<\/a><\/span>. The death toll also\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-boat-strikes-alleged-drug-boats-death-toll-survivors-not-found\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">rose slightly this week<\/a><\/span>\u00a0because some people that had been initially reported by the U.S. military as survivors of the strikes have not been found.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has declared that the U.S. is at <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=\"\">armed conflict<\/a><\/span> with Latin American drug cartels, saying they are behind the flow of drugs into American communities.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Southern Command said in its post on X that the strike came at the direction of Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the top U.S. commander in Latin America. Donovan on Friday\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/southcom-general-meets-cuban-military-guantanamo-bay-tensions-trump\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">also met<\/a><\/span>\u00a0with Cuban military leaders near the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/31\/dee65a5f-c82b-40a9-a8dd-cb4a421d5d66\/thumbnail\/620x410g2\/a59bd40339e092bef66e3d506c264890\/boat-screenshot-2026-05-31-130501.png#\" alt=\"boat-screenshot-2026-05-31-130501.png \" height=\"410\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/05\/31\/dee65a5f-c82b-40a9-a8dd-cb4a421d5d66\/thumbnail\/620x410g2\/a59bd40339e092bef66e3d506c264890\/boat-screenshot-2026-05-31-130501.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The U.S. military conducted a lethal strike on a boat in the Eastern Pacific on Saturday, killing three men, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                U.S. Southern Command<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The legality of the boat strikes has come under scrutiny by experts. The White House\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-alleged-drug-boat-strike-venezuela-hegseth\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">confirmed<\/a><\/span>\u00a0a Washington Post report that in the first attack, which occurred on Sept. 2, the U.S.\u00a0<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\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">conducted<\/a><\/span>\u00a0a follow-on strike, or so-called double tap, that\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/survivors-sept-2-boat-strike-waving-before-second-attack\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killed two survivors<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of the initial strike on the vessel.<\/p>\n<p>Some lawmakers have questioned whether that follow-on strike constituted a war crime.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To date, only three people are known to have survived strikes and then been rescued. Two were rescued from a &#8220;narco sub&#8221; accused of carrying drugs in October and later\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/us-returns-survivors-7th-known-boat-strike-home-countries\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">returned to their home countries<\/a>\u00a0of Ecuador and Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the U.S. Coast Guard said it recovered a survivor of a strike that killed two others and transferred the survivor to Costa Rican authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the families of two Trinidadian men who were killed in a U.S. missile strike on a boat in the Caribbean\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-caribbean-boat-strike-lawsuit\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">sued the Trump administration<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in federal court, arguing the &#8220;premeditated and intentional killings lack any plausible legal justification.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- 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