US military kills three in Pacific drug interdiction operation

Three individuals killed in Pacific maritime operation; broader campaign has resulted in over 200 deaths across multiple interdiction missions.

In the waters of the Pacific, the United States military has again fired upon a vessel it identified as part of the drug trade, killing three men in an operation that is one of many in an escalating campaign near South American shores. More than 200 people have now died in these interdictions, a toll that accumulates quietly while the larger questions — of proportionality, of protocol, of who exactly is being killed and why — remain largely unanswered in public discourse. The sea has long been a space where power operates with less scrutiny than on land, and this latest strike is a reminder th

US military kills three in Pacific drug interdiction operation

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