Conflict & Security
US strike on alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific kills five
October 28, 2026 at 01:58 AM
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3 reports · 1 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 3 hours
AJAl Jazeera English
US says it killed five people in strike on alleged drug boat
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مقتل 5 أشخاص بغارة أمريكية استهدفت سفينة بالمحيط الهادي
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TGThe Guardian
US military says strike on alleged drug vessel in eastern Pacific kills five people
(opens the publisher’s site)US military says five people killed in a strike on a suspected drug boat in the eastern Pacific, bringing its reported toll to 243.
- SOUTHCOM said Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere struck a go-fast vessel on October 27, killing five people it called narco-terrorists.
- The strike raises the campaign's reported death toll to 243 people since September 2025, according to a Washington Office on Latin America tracker.
- The Trump administration has designated Latin American criminal groups as terrorist organizations and says the strikes stem drug flow into the US.
- Relatives of some of those killed have said the dead were fishermen or workers not involved in drug trafficking.