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U.S. Strikes Another Boat in Pacific; Pentagon Officials Admit Past Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking

HeadlineJun 17, 2026

The U.S. military has carried out another deadly strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific. U.S. Southern Command said the strike killed one person, while two others survived. The U.S. military claimed the boat was engaged in drug trafficking, but once again offered no evidence.

The U.S. has killed more than 200 people in over 60 boat strikes since last September. The Intercept has reported that a high-ranking Pentagon officer admitted during a recent classified briefing that some of the casualties in at least one of the boat strikes may have been victims of human trafficking, not drug smugglers.

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