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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ap Correspondent

US military kills three in Pacific as death toll from alleged drug boat strikes rises to 186

Three people died on Sunday in the latest US military strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, according to a post by the US Southern Command which also claimed the vessel was ferrying drugs.

This strike is part of a controversial campaign, initiated in early September, targeting suspected drug-trafficking vessels across Latin American and Caribbean waters. The operations have now resulted in at least 186 fatalities, with no military evidence that any destroyed vessels carried illicit drugs.

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