Eastern Pacific boat strikes escalate as US claims four more lives

The US Southern Command says it killed four more people in a boat strike in the eastern Pacific, the third deadly attack in four days, bringing the total killed since September to at least 174. Officials say the targets were narco-traffickers, but legal experts and human-rights advocates condemn the strikes as extrajudicial killings lacking transparency, evidence of an imminent threat, or due process under international law.