One dead, two survive US strike on boat in Pacific

The US military has attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing one man and leaving two survivors, as the Trump administration continues its campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America. The attack on Tuesday brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the US military to at least 208 since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls “narcoterrorists” in September. As with most of the military’s statements on strikes in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, US Southern Command said it targeted the alleged drug traffickers along…