Two People Killed in US Strike on Drug Trafficking Suspect Boat

Two people were killed on Friday, April 24 after a US strike on a boat suspected of being involved in drug trafficking. Since the beginning of this anti-drug campaign, 182 people have died.

The campaign remains controversial. A strike on a boat suspected of being involved in drug trafficking killed two people on Friday, April 24 in the eastern Pacific, announced the US military, bringing the death toll of this contested military anti-drug campaign to at least 182.

“The army carried out a kinetic fatal strike against a ship operated by designated terrorist organizations,” said the US military command for Latin America and the Caribbean (Southcom).

At least 7 strikes in April

“Intelligence services confirmed that the ship was traveling on known drug trafficking routes in the East Pacific and was involved in drug trafficking operations,” he added, using terms that have been used to describe dozens of deadly operations since the beginning of the campaign last September.

America military officials have claimed at least seven strikes of this kind in April, bringing the total number of people killed in these operations to at least 182, according to AFP.

The Trump administration has never provided solid evidence to confirm that the targeted ships were actually involved in trafficking. Experts and UN officials have denounced extrajudicial executions.