Strike marks third deadly attack on vessels in region in four days, and the killing of 174 people since September

The U.S. military on Monday conducted another strike of an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two people.

Strike marks third deadly attack on vessels in region in four days, and the killing of 174 people since September

The killings mark the fourth US deadly strike in the past four days on vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

The U.S. military killed four men on Tuesday in a strike on a suspected drug-trafficking boat in the Pacific, its fourth vessel attack in four days.

Wednesday’s strike brings the total of those killed in US military strikes on alleged drug boats to at least 177

The U.S. military killed three people Wednesday in its fifth strike in five days targeting suspected drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific.