{"id":1347,"date":"2026-05-27T19:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2026-05-27T19:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:35:11","slug":"two-survivors-left-at-sea-after-us-attacks-boat-in-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1347","title":{"rendered":"Two survivors left at sea after US attacks boat in Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>WASHINGTON &#8212; The U.S. military conducted an airstrike on Tuesday against a vessel it accused of smuggling drugs, killing one person and leaving two survivors in the eastern Pacific, U.S. Southern Command said in a social media post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1345\">Trump\u2019s latest immigration move clouds the path to green cards<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The result of the strike was unusual. There have rarely been survivors in the 58 attacks against boats the United States has claimed were engaged in drug trafficking in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific. And in all but two cases, survivors were lost at sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Military experts say the strikes are illegal, extrajudicial killings.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>On May 26, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/3TmhGECgYB<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) May 27, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The strike on Tuesday, the first in nearly three weeks after the military accelerated its recent pace of attacks, brought the death toll to at least 194 since September. Bad weather has hampered strike operations in recent weeks, a U.S. official said Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gen. Francis L. Donovan of the Marine Corps, the head of the Southern Command, ordered the strike, the command said in a statement on social media, which included a 19-second video showing a boat speeding along in the water and then exploding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1343\">What to know about Ken Paxton and his scandal-ridden tenure as Texas attorney general<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Southern Command said in its social media post that it had notified the U.S. Coast Guard to activate a \u201cSearch and Rescue system.\u201d A second U.S. official said Wednesday that the Mexican navy was in charge of the search for the survivors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Citing unspecified intelligence, the U.S. military claimed that the boat was operated by \u201cDesignated Terrorist Organizations\u201d and was \u201cengaged in narco-trafficking operations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Trump administration has not provided evidence that the boats that have been attacked were involved in drug smuggling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1341\">Fleet\u2019s Kris Sparre leaving to coach PWHL expansion team in Hamilton, Ontario<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><i>This article originally appeared in <\/i><i>The New York Times<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There have rarely been survivors in the 58 attacks against boats the United States has claimed were engaged in drug trafficking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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