1 week ago - The US military says it has carried out strikes on three boats it has accused of trafficking drugs in the Pacific Ocean, killing eight people.

4 days ago - Since September, President Trump has authorized a series of military strikes on boats he has said were being used to smuggle drugs from South America, summarily killing at least 99 people.

1 week ago - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the Department of Defense will not publicly release unedited footage of U.S. military strikes on an alleged drug-carrying boat.

1 week ago - The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people as scrutiny is intensifying in Congress.

1 week ago - Four killed as U.S. conducts another boat strike in Pacific · Rubio told reporters the campaign is a “counter drug mission” that is “focused on dismantling the infrastructure of these terrorist organizations that are operating in our hemisphere , undermining the security of Americans, killing Americans, poisoning Americans.” · But, lawmakers have been focusing on the Sept. 2 attack on two survivors as they sift through the rationale for the broader U.S. military buildup in the region that increasingly appears pointed at Venezuela.

8 hours ago - The US indicated that military operations against drug cartels in Latin America would continue. As of 18 December 2025, at least 104 people have been killed in at least 28 strikes on 29 vessels.

6 days ago - Trump himself has alluded multiple times to a potential land war. At least 90 people have been killed in more than 20 vessel strikes, including three strikes announced Monday that led to eight deaths.

1 week ago - The US military has built up its largest presence in the region in decades and launched a series of deadly strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.

1 week ago - WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Southern Command said on Monday that it carried out strikes on three vessels in international waters, killing eight men. "Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking ...

1 week ago - U.S. Southern Command said in a social media post that the strikes, among about two dozen conducted in the region since early September, were ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Killed were three people in the first vessel, two in the second and three in the third, Southern Command said. The boats were allegedly being operated by U.S-designated terrorist groups in international waters, and Southern Command said they were using known narco-trafficking routes and engaged in narco-trafficking.

1 week ago - At least eight people have been killed in a U.S. military strike on three alleged drug trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean Monday. The attack was ordered by Pete Hegseth, according to the US Southern Command, and brings the total ...

1 week ago - The US military has launched a fresh round of deadly strikes on foreign vessels suspected of trafficking narcotics, killing eight people.

1 week ago - On the eve of the briefings, the U.S. military said late Monday it attacked three more boats believed to have been smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing eight people. Senators on both sides of the aisle said the officials left them in the dark about Trump’s goals when it comes to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro or committing U.S. forces directly to the South American nation. WATCH: Pentagon leaders brief lawmakers on U.S. boat strikes, fueling debate over legality