#Firstpost Trump Administration Strikes Alleged Drug Boats in Pacific, Killing 5 | Firstpost Live | N18G

The US military has for the first time attacked and destroyed two boats on the Pacific side of South America, as part of its ongoing and controversial fight against what it says are drug-trafficking activities. The strikes – on Tuesday night and then early on Wednesday – killed five people, according to the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth. The strikes mark the eighth and ninth US strikes against suspected drug boats since 2 September – but the first in the Pacific. Most attacks have been in the Caribbean Sea. President Donald Trump said he has legal authority to continue bombing boats in international waters, but said he may go to the US Congress if he decides to expand targets on land. He said his administration was “totally prepared” to expand the anti-drug operations on land, which would mark a deep escalation.

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