"The White House claims, without providing evidence, the vessel was operated by a designated terrorist organisation'. The White House says United States forces have bombed another alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four men, just days after confirming it had killed 14 people in three strikes on vessels in the area."
"This vessel, like all the others, was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics, Hegseth said, posting aerial footage of the strike. None of the victims of Wednesday's attack has been identified. Critics have called the strikes a form of extrajudicial killing and a violation of international law, which largely prohibits countries from using lethal military force against noncombatants outside a conflict zone."
United States forces carried out a lethal strike on an alleged narco-trafficking vessel in international waters of the eastern Pacific, killing four men. The Department of War, renamed by the Trump administration, stated the vessel was operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization and was carrying narcotics along a known trafficking route; aerial footage of the strike was posted. Earlier strikes reportedly killed 14 people in three previous attacks on vessels in the area. None of Wednesday's victims have been identified. Critics called the strikes extrajudicial and potentially in violation of international law; the UN urged compliance with international law.
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