US strikes a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing 2 people in first attack in months
- U.S. forces struck a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people accused of drug trafficking.
- This attack is the first announced in about two months.
- The U.S. campaign of bombing boats allegedly trafficking drugs has resulted in over 210 deaths.
- The Pentagon did not provide evidence that the vessel was involved in drug trafficking.
- The latest strike follows a commitment to disrupt narco-terrorist operations in the region.
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.
The death toll in the nearly yearlong U.S. campaign of bombing boats allegedly trafficking drugs now exceeds 210 after more than 60 strikes off Latin America’s Caribbean coast and in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Forces executed a lethal kinetic strike on a low-profile vessel operating along established narcotrafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific, U.S. Southern Command said on social media. As with most of the military’s statements on strikes in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, the Pentagon did not provide evidence that the vessel was ferrying drugs.
The latest strike comes as the Trump administration pursues deals with allied nations to extend its offensive to land across multiple Latin American countries. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a visit to Panama this month that Colombia, Guatemala and Honduras had agreed to allow the U.S. to carry out joint military operations against criminal groups on their soil.
美国在东太平洋袭击一艘船只，造成2人死亡，这是数月以来的首次攻击
美国军方在东太平洋袭击了一艘船只，导致两名涉嫌贩毒的人死亡，国防部周一表示，这是约两个月以来首次宣布的袭击。
在近一年的美国轰炸涉嫌贩毒船只的行动中，死亡人数已超过210人，涉及超过60次在拉丁美洲加勒比海岸和东太平洋的袭击。
美国南方司令部在社交媒体上表示，军队对一艘在东太平洋既定贩毒路线运营的低调船只进行了致命打击。与五角大楼对东太平洋和加勒比海的袭击声明大多数情况一样，五角大楼没有提供该船只涉及贩毒的证据。
最新的袭击正值特朗普政府寻求与盟国达成协议，将其攻势扩展到多个拉丁美洲国家。国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯在本月访问巴拿马时表示，哥伦比亚、危地马拉和洪都拉斯已同意允许美国在其领土上进行针对犯罪团伙的联合军事行动。