Two Dead After U.S. Strike Hits Suspected Narco Boat in Eastern Pacific

TL;DR
Two people were killed when a U.S.-led strike on a small boat in the eastern Pacific hit a vessel operated by a U.S.-designated terrorist group involved in drug trafficking; the strike, part of Joint Task Force Southern Spear and directed by Marine Gen. Francis Donovan, left no U.S. casualties and has spurred questions about legal justification and due process.
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