Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking [View all]
Source: The Intercept_
If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?
Nick Turse
June 10 2026, 5:35 a.m.
NIne months into the Trump administration’s deadly campaign against so-called drug boats, there is a pattern to the strikes. And a glaring anomaly.
The U.S. military has conducted more than 60 attacks, resulting in over 200 extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. In almost all the strikes, between one and four people lost their lives. In only one strike did the death toll of a single boat reach double digits: the first attack on September 2, 2025.
Since then, experts, lawmakers, and even military officials behind the scenes have been asking a simple but haunting question: Why was that boat packed with 11 people?
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Read more: https://theintercept.com/2026/06/10/trump-boat-strikes-human-trafficking-victims/
This is in-depth reporting.
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