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U.S. strikes alleged drug vessel in Caribbean, killing 4

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The U.S. military has carried out a new strike on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean, killing four people, according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). The strike was carried out Tuesday at the direction of SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan.

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  1. Washington Examiner

    US military kills two in ‘lethal kinetic strike’ in Pacific Ocean (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The United States Southern Command announced on Monday that it had conducted a military operation killing two people on a suspected drug-trafficking ship in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The military strikes on suspected drug-trafficking ships in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea are part of …

  2. CBS News

    U.S. destroys alleged drug-smuggling boat in Pacific, killing 2 people (opens CBS News)

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    Since then, more than 200 people have been killed in U.S. strikes in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea.

  3. KOB 4

    US strikes a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing 2 people in first attack in months (opens KOB 4)

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    U.S. forces have struck another vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two people accused of trafficking drugs. U.S. Southern Command announced the strike early Monday, and it's the first in about two months.

  4. KOB 4

    US strikes another boat in eastern Pacific, killing two, Pentagon says (opens KOB 4)

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    U.S. forces have struck another vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two people the Pentagon says were trafficking drugs. The U.S. Southern Command announced the strike in a social media post early Monday.

  5. Legal Insurrection

    U.S. Kills Two Narco-Terrorists Operating in Eastern Pacific (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    The military struck the vessel after intelligence confirmed it participates in narco-trafficking. The post U.S. Kills Two Narco-Terrorists Operating in Eastern Pacific first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion .

  6. Triblive

    U.S. strikes a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing 2 people in 1st attack in months (opens Triblive)

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    U.S. forces have struck another vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people accused of trafficking drugs, the Department of Defense said Monday, in the first attack announced in about two months.

  7. UPI

    U.S. military says it struck drug boat in eastern Pacific killing 2 (opens UPI)

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    The U.S. military said on Monday that it launched an airstrike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people.

  8. PBS NewsHour

    U.S. forces strike vessel in Pacific, killing 2 accused of trafficking drugs (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    The death toll from the Trump administration's nearly yearlong campaign of bombing boats off Latin America's Caribbean coast and in the eastern Pacific now exceeds 210 after more than 60 strikes.

  9. The Columbian

    U.S. strikes a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing 2 people in first attack in months (opens The Columbian)

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    The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out a strike on another vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people accused of trafficking drugs in the first such attack announced in about two months.

  10. Philadelphia Inquirer

    U.S. military kills 2 people in attack on boat in Pacific (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Narcotics experts say the boat strikes have failed to slow the smuggling of cocaine from South America to the United States.

  11. BNO News

    U.S. strikes alleged drug vessel in Caribbean, killing 4 (opens BNO News)

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    The U.S. military has carried out a new strike on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean, killing four people, according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). The strike was carried out Tuesday at the direction of SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan.

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