US defence secretary Pete Hegseth equated the alleged drug traffickers to al-Qaeda, the terror group who carried out the attacks on the US on September 11th, 2001. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
The US military has attacked and destroyed another boat in its ongoing and controversial fight against what it says are drug-trafficking activities.
The strike for the first time was carried out on the Pacific side of South America. Previous attacks have hit seven vessels in the Caribbean and killed at least 32 people.
The latest strike took place off the coast of Colombia and killed two people, according to a person briefed on the operation. It marked a departure from previous strikes, which have occurred off the coast of Venezuela, where the US has deployed an ext
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