What happened

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that the U.S. military had destroyed two more alleged drug smuggling boats in international waters, killing five people.

President Donald Trump’s controversial campaign to summarily kill “narcoterrorists” has now claimed nine vessels and 37 lives since September, though these were the first strikes in the Pacific Ocean instead of the Caribbean.

Who said what

Trump Tuesday called the newest strikes “violent” and “amazing” and said “we have legal authority where we’re allowed to do that.” But the administration has neither provided evidence the targeted boats were transporting narcotics nor “publicly articulated how it believes the law allows for taking the lives of suspected drug runners,” The Washington Post said. “Numerou

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