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"The US military killed 14 people and left one survivor in more strikes on
alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific, the defense secretary,
Pete Hegseth, said on Monday, as the Trump administration continued to expand
its campaign beyond the Caribbean.
The latest strikes mean the US has now attacked at least 13 vessels and brought
the officially acknowledged death toll to 51 people since the campaign began at
the start of September.
Hegseth did not provide geographic details beyond saying that the strikes took
place in the eastern Pacific, in international waters. Last week, the
administration started targeting boats on the western side of the Americas
after initially focusing on boats off the coast of Venezuela.
The four boats were hit on Sunday in three strikes, Hegseth said in a social
media post announcing the matter. His said the boats were “known by our
intelligence apparatus, transiting along known narco-trafficking routes, and
carrying narcotics”. He also acknowledged there was a survivor.
In perhaps an effort to avoid the legally thorny questions that could come with
detaining that person, Hegseth said the US enlisted Mexico to take on
search-and-rescue responsibilities – which Mexico accepted."
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