Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking ^22.5%

The Intercept - By Nick Turse - 6/10/2026, 9:35 AM

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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... more