April 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. military said it attacked two boats allegedly transporting narcotics in the eastern Pacific over the weekend, killing five people and leaving one survivor.
The strikes were carried out Saturday, according to a Sunday statement from U.S. Southern Command.
The Trump administration has been attacking vessels in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific since Sept. 2. With the five killed Saturday, the publicly announced death toll rose from 163 as of March 25 to 168, according to a Pentagon posture statement from mid-March and subsequent SOUTHCOM releases.
Including the two vessels, the number of boats attacked rises to at least 49.
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