{"id":9429,"date":"2026-05-27T12:01:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9429"},"modified":"2026-05-27T12:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:01:52","slug":"us-military-strike-on-alleged-drug-boat-in-the-eastern-pacific-kills-1-leaves-2-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9429","title":{"rendered":"US military strike on alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific kills 1, leaves 2 survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The U.S. military launched another strike Tuesday on a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing one man and leaving two survivors.<\/p>\n

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Video posted on social media by U.S. Southern Command shows a boat speeding through water before exploding into flames. Southern Command said it \u201cimmediately notified the U.S. Coast Guard to activate the Search and Rescue system for the survivors.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Trump administration\u2019s campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters, including the eastern Pacific and the Caribbean Sea, has gone on since early September and killed at least 194 people in total. The military has not provided evidence that any of the vessels were carrying drugs.<\/p>\n