US military says it killed four more people in a boat strike in the eastern Pacific
Strike marks third deadly attack on vessels in region in four days, and the killing of 174 people since September
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The US military said it killed four more people in a boat strike in the eastern Pacific ocean on Tuesday, marking the third https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/13/us-military-vessel-strike">deadly attack on vessels in the region in four days.
The US Southern Command, which oversees military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, announced the killings in a social media https://x.com/Southcom/status/2044185311673213219">post, claiming, without providing evidence, that the men killed were “narco-terrorists”.
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