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U.S. military says 5 were killed by a strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific

Trump has sought to justify the attacks by saying they stem the flow of drugs into the U.S., but critics have questioned the overall legality of the boat strikes as well as their effectiveness.

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Latest strike brings death toll of campaign decried as extrajudicial killings to 243 people since September 2025.

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US strikes on alleged drug boats in Pacific and Caribbean

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The U.S. military's campaign of strikes on alleged drug-smuggling vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea continues. Its latest strike, on 27 October 2026 in the eastern Pacific, killed five people, raising the reported cumulative death toll to 243 since September 2025. A UN special rapporteur has found reasonable grounds to believe the attacks constituted crimes against humanity and were not acts of self-defence.

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A 27 October 2026 US military strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific killed five people, raising the reported cumulative death toll of the campaign to 243 since September 2025.

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U.S. military says 5 were killed by a strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific

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US says it killed five people in strike on alleged drug boat

Latest strike brings death toll of campaign decried as extrajudicial killings to 243 people since September 2025.

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