US kills 2 in first known strike on alleged drug boat since Maduro’s capture

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Source: scmp.com
US kills 2 in first known strike on alleged drug boat since Maduro’s capture
The US military said on Friday that it had carried out a deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the first known attack since the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro earlier this month. US Southern Command said on social media that the boat was “engaged in narco-trafficking operations” and that the strike killed two people and left one survivor. It said it notified the coastguard to launch search and rescue operations for that...