US military kills three in another strike in eastern Pacific that rights groups label as ‘extrajudicial killings’
Without offering details or evidence, US Southern Command described the people killed as ‘narco-terrorists’
The US military said on Tuesday it struck a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing three people, in the latest such attack that rights groups label as “extrajudicial killings” and Washington describes as targeting “narco-terrorists”.
US Southern Command posted about the strike https://x.com/Southcom/status/2051819745003942039">on social media Tuesday evening, alleging that the vessel struck on Tuesday was operated by “Designated Terrorist Organizations” that it did not identify.
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