The U.S. military has attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three people.
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The U.S. military has attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three people.
Thursday's attack brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to at least 211 since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" in early September. The U.S. military attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, killing three people, as the Trump administration wages a monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America. U.S. military carried out a lethal strike on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing three men described as narco-terrorists, according to SOUTHCOM.
The U.S. military has attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three people.
PBS NewsHour reported the story as "U.S. kills 3 in strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific Ocean." Washington Times reported the story as "U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat kills 3 in the eastern Pacific Ocean."
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7 sources have covered this story, including PBS NewsHour, Washington Times, Fox News and CBS News and 3 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 1 day ago.
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[01] VerifiedCore event reported by 7 independent outlets across the spectrum.
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