Deadly attacks
US military attacks alleged drug boat again: dead
Updated 12/23/2025 – 5:36 amReading time: 1 min.
The USA justifies its deadly attacks with the fight against drugs. The military sinks another smuggler’s boat. Critics see this as a violation of international law.
The US military has killed one person in a new attack on an alleged smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific. The victim of the attack in international waters was a “drug terrorist”, the responsible regional command of the US military (Southcom) announced on the X platform.
As in previous cases of this kind, the military released a short video clip intended to show the attack from a bird’s eye view. It appears that numerous shots were fired at the boat. In most of the attacks so far it looked more like the boats had been hit by a missile. Neither the military’s information nor the authenticity of the video could initially be independently verified.
Since September, the US armed forces have repeatedly attacked boats in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific that are said to be loaded with drugs, citing alleged intelligence findings. No concrete evidence for this representation is presented. According to US media reports, more than 100 people have now been killed in the attacks.
The US government considers its actions to be legitimate and consistently describes the victims as drug smugglers and “terrorists”. However, she is massively criticized for the extrajudicial killings. From the perspective of UN human rights experts, this violates international law.
