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11 killed in latest strikes on alleged drug boats [View all]
Victoria Bekiempis
Tue 17 Feb 2026 16.54 EST
US military officials have said American forces launched assaults on three alleged drug-smuggling boats, killing 11 in one of the deadliest days of the Trump administration’s months-long campaign against alleged traffickers.
The military action on Monday brought the number of fatalities caused by US strikes to 145 since September, when Donald Trump called on American armed forces to attack people deemed “narco-terrorists” on small vessels. There have been 42 known strikes in notorious drug-trafficking routes such as the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, according to the Associated Press reported. ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/17/us-military-boats-strikes
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