The US military on Friday said it struck a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing two people and leaving one survivor in the latest attack on boats suspected of transporting narcotics.
- US Southern Command said two men were killed in the strike while one person survived.
- The US Coast Guard was notified for search and rescue operations, Southern Command said.
- US forces have attacked multiple alleged drug-running boats in the Eastern Pacific in recent weeks.
- The US military’s strikes on such vessels in the Caribbean and Pacific have killed more than 190 people since September.
- Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International call the strikes “unlawful extrajudicial killings”.
Reuters
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