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US military strikes on alleged drug boats  in a boat strike. On Sunday, the US Southern Command said it had [killed five people in vessel explosions
strikes on alleged drug boats have done little to stop the flow of illegal drugs](https://www.npr.org/2026/01/27/nx-s1-5688765/boat-strikes-us-cocaine-venezuela-fishermen) The document was released months after his administration published an updated national security strategy that called
strikes on alleged drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean and abducted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, campaigns that have been condemned as blatant violations of international rights. In March, the US military
drugs to the US. Tuesday’s killings came after two people were killed in a US strike on Monday, and five people were killed in two separate strikes on Saturday, also in the eastern Pacific
US military said yesterday [it killed three men](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/27/us-three-killed-boat-alleged-narco-eastern-pacific)** **when it struck what it claimed was a drug boat** in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The number of deaths in such strikes
strike and then detained at gunpoint by soldiers on a US-flagged patrol vessel, in a rare first-hand account by victims of Donald Trump’s militarized campaign against alleged drug-trafficking boats off South
military launched another strike on Tuesday on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean,** **killing one man and leaving two survivors**Since the US began its campaign against alleged drug-smuggling boats
military said another of its strikes in the eastern Pacific [killed four people](/news/2026/4/15/us-forces-kill-4-people-in-latest-strike-on-vessels-in-eastern-pacific), while a separate strike on Monday in the region had killed two. In total, US attacks on vessels accused of narco
drug-smuggling boats in Latin America, which have killed Colombian nationals. Petro’s criticism has prompted threats from US President Donald Trump, who floated possible strikes on Colombia’s territory. He has also called
boat strikes that have drawn war crime accusations](/news/2026/1/13/us-faces-war-crime-allegation-for-disguising-aircraft-in-drug-boat-attack), are part of the fight against fentanyl — despite that no fentanyl comes from Venezuela. Experts say the “weapon of mass destruction” label is a political move
drug smuggling boats, among other official acts. The move comes as the [Trump administration](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration) faces mounting scrutiny over recent foreign action, particularly the war with Iran. In Wednesday’s resolution, Yassamin Ansari
military action for noncompliance. He has also sought to check China’s growing sway over the region, as an increasing number of Latin American countries tighten their bonds with the Asian superpower. The State Department