Gobierno de EEUU anuncia 16.º ataque contra presunta embarcación con drogas en costas de Sudamérica – Chicago Tribune
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the military of a new attack on a boarding boat likely carrying medicine in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, the same day a plane began its journey to the region in a new expansion of presence. military.
The attack resulted in two deaths at the boarding point, Hegseth confirmed, raising just 66 the number of casualties during 16 US attacks in South American waters.
President Donald Trump has justified his attacks by insisting that the United States is in an “armed conflict” over drug trafficking maps, saying the boats are operated by foreign terrorist organizations. Casa Blanca has no major evidence or details.
“We will find and eliminate every embarkation that has the objective of drug trafficking in the United States to attract our citizens,” assured Hegseth.
Ambition lawmakers have been pressed by the government for more information about those leading the attacks and their legal justification for elevating them to power.
The most recent attack was carried out by the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford which sailed out of the Mediterranean Sea from the Caribbean after Hegseth ordered it deployed to the region more than a week ago. There will be a strong presence of American planes, ships and soldiers in Latin America.
A defense official, who was on anonymous terms to discuss the boarding movements, confirmed that the Ford and the destroyer USS Bainbridge crossed the Estrecho de Gibraltar and entered the Atlantic.
The Ford originally destroyed itself with five destroyers, but at some point it was discovered if all Iranians in the Caribbean. Two of the other destroyers in the Ford Strike Group, the USS Winston Churchill and the USS Mahan, are currently in the Mediterranean, with the Mahan in port at Rota, Spain.
The other destroyers, the USS Forrest Sherman and the USS Mitchener, are in the Red Sea, according to the official.
Hegseth posted video on social media of the most recent attack, which shows a gray box obscuring a boat appearing in the water before being destroyed. Luego, cortan images when boarding in vuelta en llamas.
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This story was translated into English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.
