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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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US strike on vessel in Caribbean Sea kills 2, leaves 6 survivors

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military has conduced another strike against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, immediately killing two people and leaving six survivors amid an ongoing campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America.

The latest attack - which now number at more than 60 - brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to more than 210 people since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" in early September.

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