US forces strike alleged drug boats in eastern Pacific, killing 5

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The US forces struck two alleged drug boats in the eastern Pacific on April 11, killing five people on board, the US Southern Command said on Sunday.

The command said in a press release that it carried out two "lethal kinetic strikes" on the vessels, which were allegedly "transiting along known narco-trafficking routes" and were "engaged in narco-trafficking operations."

Two people were killed and one survived in the first strike, while three more were killed in the second, the command added.

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