US Strike on Suspected Drug Boat Kills Two (Full Transcript)
[00:00:00] Speaker 1: The US launched another strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, killing two people according to US Southern Command. Now at least 119 people have been killed in US strikes on suspected drug boats that the Trump administration say is a campaign aimed at curtailing narcotics trafficking. The administration has been under fire for publicly presenting little evidence that vessels struck by the US contained drugs or that those on them were related to drug cartels. This comes as General Francis L. Donovan assumed command of SOUTHCOM, overseeing US military operations across Latin America and the Caribbean.
- A new U.S. strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific reportedly killed two people.
- U.S. Southern Command says at least 119 people have been killed in strikes on suspected drug boats during the campaign.
- The Trump administration’s interdiction campaign is criticized for offering little public evidence that struck vessels carried drugs or were cartel-linked.
- General Francis L. Donovan has taken command of SOUTHCOM, which oversees U.S. military operations across Latin America and the Caribbean.