The US military launched its ninth strike against a drug-carrying vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing three people. Trump has backed these strikes, calling drug cartels "unlawful combatants".View o

The U.S. military launched its eighth strike against a vessel that it says was carrying drugs, killing two people in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean. It marks an expansion of the Trump administration's campaign against alleged drug trafficking in South America.

The White House on Thursday dismissed Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s allegation that the most recent US strike in the Caribbean may have targeted a Colombian vessel, saying the claim is “baseless and reprehensible.” “The United States looks ...

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has opened a diplomatic firefight with Washington, accusing the United States of killing Colombian citizens during recent strikes on suspected “narco-boats” in the Caribbean. Petro said the most recent vessel ...

The White House has slapped down Colombia’s president after he claimed citizens were on board an alleged drug smuggling boat bombed by the US. The Pentagon carried out an attack on a fourth vessel off the coast of Venezuela on Oct 3. Pete Hegseth, the US ...

It’s the fourth deadly strike in the Caribbean and the latest since President Donald Trump told U.S. lawmakers he was treating drug traffickers as unlawful combatants.

Video. The US military launched its ninth strike against a drug-carrying vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing three people. Trump has backed these strikes, calling drug cartels "unlawful combatants".