The United States has carried out its second airstrike in as many days on vessels accused of drug trafficking in the Pacific Ocean, killing five people, according to Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The operations, ordered by President Donald Trump, mark a sharp expansion of Washington’s controversial campaign against maritime drug smuggling, which had previously focused on the Caribbean.
Video released by the Pentagon showed one vessel engulfed in flames before a second strike targeted debris in the water. Hegseth described the targets as “narco-terrorists” responsible for bringing “death and destruction” to American cities, vowing the attacks would continue daily.
Colombia’s government has condemned the strikes as unlawful and disproportionate, likening them to “applying the death penalty in a territory that is not yours.”
Deputy Foreign Minister Mauricio Jaramillo told the BBC that those on board had no means of defence and that the US had bypassed legal and diplomatic procedures. President Trump defended the operations as legally justified in international waters but said he might seek congressional approval if the campaign expands to land targets.
The strikes have so far killed at least 37 people, including in a previous attack on a semi-submersible craft in the Caribbean. Both Colombia and Ecuador, whose Pacific coasts are major drug routes northward, have urged Washington to pursue cooperation rather than unilateral military action.
Might
Trump is full of vagaries
Look at all of that Fentanyl…enough to wipe out sea life in the region, then spreading up the U.S. East Coast in the Gulfstream current,…! And the Cocaine has been affectinf sea life for quite sometime as well as the coastal waters heating up from volcanic venting which surrounds Florida, killing-off the reefs.
Noteworthy was that the locations of sewer outfalls 3 miles off the U.S. coast, drugs were detected in great amounts that were flushed down the toilets of Amerika! The drugs (Fentanyl, Cocaine, etc.) were making the sharks depressed, according to Oceanologist and Marine Scientists. The Crayfish (Lobsters) and Crabs have also been lethargic…so look for ‘Spongebob’ to file a massive lawsuit in the local Federal District Court.
What about Mr Crabs, those crabby patties are probably a bit “trippy”……
“Colombia’s government has condemned the strikes as unlawful and disproportionate, likening them to “applying the death penalty in a territory that is not yours.”
Exactly right. US is a criminal enterprise, nothing more. This is just an attempt to make it look like they are not focusing specifically on Venezuela, because the reality is the US wants to steal their oil.
If you value your life, DON’T GET ON THAT BOAT!