{"id":1138,"date":"2025-11-05T05:09:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2025-11-05T05:09:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:09:52","slug":"us-kills-two-more-people-in-latest-strike-on-vessel-in-the-pacific-donald-trump-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1138","title":{"rendered":"US kills two more people in latest strike on vessel in the Pacific | Donald Trump News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Legal experts says US attacks amount to extrajudicial killings even if those targeted are suspected of drug trafficking.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 5 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">5 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The United States has killed two people in another strike on a vessel in the Pacific, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said, bringing to at least 67 the number of people killed in US attacks on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific since early September.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on social media late on Tuesday, Hegseth alleged that the latest vessel attacked was involved in \u201cillicit narcotics smuggling\u201d, though legal experts have said that such attacks amount to extrajudicial killings, even if those targeted are suspected of drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Describing the vessel as \u201ctransiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics\u201d, Hegseth said US forces attacked it in \u201cinternational waters in the Eastern Pacific\u201d on the orders of US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth did not provide any evidence of drug trafficking, while a short aerial video of the attack showed what appeared to be a vessel stationary in the water before being hit by a missile and exploding in smoke and flames.<\/p>\n<p>The US military blanked out the video so that the vessel\u2019s occupants could not be seen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will find and terminate EVERY vessel with the intention of trafficking drugs to America to poison our citizens. Protecting the homeland is our TOP priority,\u201d Hegseth said in a post on X alongside the video.<\/p>\n<p>US military strikes since early September have now targeted at least 17 vessels \u2013 16 boats and a semi-submersible \u2013 but the Trump administration has yet to make public any evidence that its targets were smuggling narcotics or posed any threat to the US.<\/p>\n<p>While both Republican and Democratic Party lawmakers have demanded clarity on the legal basis for the US to carry out such attacks in international waters, governments and victims\u2019 families in Latin America have decried the strikes and accused Washington of killing mostly fishermen.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk called for the US to halt its attacks to \u201cprevent the extrajudicial killing of people aboard these boats\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement of the latest killings comes as the USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier heads towards the Caribbean to join a US military build-up in Latin America, which Washington has mobilised to target so-called drug cartels targeting the US.<\/p>\n<p>Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who Washington says is involved in drug trafficking, has accused the US of using its latest iteration of the \u201cwar on drugs\u201d as a pretext to topple him from power.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview that aired on Sunday on the US\u2019s CBS channel, Trump was asked if Maduro\u2019s days as president were numbered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say, yeah. I think so, yeah,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n<p>But he did not answer a question on whether he would order strikes inside Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has previously threatened to attack targets on land related to the drug trade in what would be a serious escalation of US military intervention in Latin America.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal experts says US attacks amount to extrajudicial killings even if those targeted are suspected of drug trafficking. 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