Hegseth says six people killed in two new US attacks on alleged drug boats
US defense secretary says without providing evidence that dead from strikes in eastern Pacific were ‘narco-terrorists’US forces struck two more alleged drug trafficking boats off the coast of South America, killing six people, the Trump administration’s defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has...
<p>US defense secretary says without providing evidence that dead from strikes in eastern Pacific were ‘narco-terrorists’</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-military">US forces</a> struck two more alleged drug trafficking boats off the coast of South America, killing six people, the Trump administration’s defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has said.</p><p>The US began carrying out such strikes – which some experts say amount to extrajudicial killings even if they target known traffickers – <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/02/trump-venezuela-boat-lethal-strike">in early September</a>, taking aim at vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/10/hegseth-boat-attacks">Continue reading...</a>
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