United States attacks two alleged drug boats in the Pacific in less than 24 hours

The U.S. military campaign against vessels crewed by civilians allegedly involved in drug trafficking continued Tuesday with two new extrajudicial attacks, bringing the number of known operations since September to nine. The novelty this time is that the latest strike took place off the Colombian coast, in the Pacific Ocean, and not, as in previous cases, in the Caribbean Sea. The attacks, in which five people died, come amid a confrontation between Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro over Washington’s military operation in the region.

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