US kills 14 in strikes on four alleged drug boats in Pacific
US forces have killed 14 people in strikes on four alleged drug boats in the Pacific, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. Mexico's navy says it is still searching for a lone survivor approximately 400 miles from the Pacific coastal city of Acapulco. It is the latest in a series of attacks on boats the US says have been carrying drugs in both the Pacific and Caribbean. The latest strikes in the eastern Pacific, which Hegseth said happened on Monday at the direction of President Donald Trump, mark an escalation in what it has cast as a campaign to stop narcotics from entering the US. The strikes have drawn condemnation in the region and experts have questioned their legality. Members of the US Congress, both Democrats and Republicans, have also raised concerns and questioned the president's authority to order them. At least 57 people have now been killed in the strikes, which has led to increasing tensions between the US and the governments of both Colombia and Venezuela. Most strikes have taken place off the…
28 Oct 00:00 · Inlandnewstoday