U.S. military kills 2 people in attack on boat in Pacific

Narcotics experts say the boat strikes have failed to slow the smuggling of cocaine from South America to the United States.

The death count from the Trump administration's campaign of bombing boats off Latin America's Caribbean coast and in the eastern Pacific now exceeds 210 after more than 60 strikes.

The U.S. military said on Monday that it launched an airstrike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people.

The United States has killed at least 223 people since its campaign of boat strikes began nearly a year ago.

US Southern Command says Sunday's strike targeted vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes.

The United States Southern Command announced on Monday that it had conducted a military operation killing two people on a suspected drug-trafficking ship in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The military strikes on suspected drug-trafficking ships in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea are part of the Trump administra

The US military launched operation "Southern Spear" in early September, with President Donald Trump arguing Washington is effectively at war with drug cartels operating out of Latin America.