At least 37 people have now been killed in war-like campaign despite mounting questions about legal justification and evidence

The Trump administration is ratcheting up pressure on the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, while striking vessels that it says are trafficking drugs.

A series of boat strikes risks alienating allies and is part of Trump's push to claim unprecedented presidential power, critics say.

The United States carried out another strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat on Wednesday, killing three men in the second strike on a vessel in the Pacific Ocean in two days, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.

For the first time, one of the 27 people killed in U.S. airstrikes on suspected drug vessels has been publicly identified.

The Trump administration has expanded its campaign of lethal boat bombings into the Pacific Ocean, marking a new phase in what critics are calling an “unlawful extrajudicial killing” spree carried out without congressional authorization or legal justification.

The United States has launched military strikes on seven suspected drug trafficking vessels since September, killing at least 32 people.