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survivor from the two attacks reported on Saturday. International legal experts and rights groups say the US military campaign [amounts to “extrajudicial killings”](/news/2025/12/2/trumps-boat-bombings-how-the-us-has-long-used-double-tap-strikes) in international waters and that the attacks have targeted civilian fishing
boat strike. On Sunday, the US Southern Command said it had [killed five people in vessel explosions](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/13/drug-boat-strikes-latest-us-military), and that there was one survivor. Donald Trump has [sought to justify the attacks
military says it has carried out another attack on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing at least two people. The attack on Sunday brings the total number of vessels
drug trafficking, with some accusing the US of killing local fishermen with no known links to cartels. Critics have consistently questioned the legality of the strikes, including US politicians and human rights groups. On Thursday
attack in as many days, military officials have announced. US southern command said it conducted “a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations” in the eastern Pacific, without naming the alleged
drugs into the United States and fatal overdoses claiming American lives. But his administration has offered little evidence to support its claims of killing “narcoterrorists”. Critics have questioned the overall legality of the boat strikes
US strike on an alleged drug boat kills 3 in the eastern Pacific Ocean ![President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Washington, as Secretary
US military strikes on alleged drug boats ![President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Washington, as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, looks on.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com
survivors afterwards. Sri Lanka’s navy, which mounted a rescue effort, reported that 32 Iranian sailors were rescued, 87 bodies were recovered and 61 of the crew remain missing. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said