US military announces two separate strikes on boats it claims were transporting drugs in the Pacific
The US Coast Guard was searching for survivors of a US military strike against a convoy of suspected drug vessels in the Pacific Ocean, officials said on Wednesday.
In a statement, the US military’s Southern Command said the military had carried out a strike against three vessels.
“Three narco-terrorists aboard the first vessel were killed in the first engagement. The remaining narco-terrorists abandoned the other two vessels, jumping overboard and distancing themselves before follow-on engagements sank their respective vessels,” Southern Command posted.
Southern Command said later on Wednesday that it had carried out a separate strike on two vessels. It did not indicate where those strikes were carried out but said five people were killed as a result.
