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US military kills two people in new eastern Pacific Ocean attack
Key takeaways
- The killings mark the third attack in May alone by the US military in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
- US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced the attack in a statement on Friday, accompanied by a video that showed a moving boat being struck by a missile and then bursting into a ball of flames.
- SOUTHCOM oversees the US military operations in the Caribbean and Latin America.
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The killings mark the third attack in May alone by the US military in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo The US military struck a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean on May 8, 2026 [USSOUTHCOM]By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 9 May 20269 May 2026The United States military said it killed two peoplehas killed two people, leaving one survivor, in its latest attack on vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced the attack in a statement on Friday, accompanied by a video that showed a moving boat being struck by a missile and then bursting into a ball of flames.
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