US military says it killed four more people in a boat strike in the eastern Pacific

Strike marks third deadly attack on vessels in region in four days, and the killing of 174 people since September

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The US military said it killed four more people in a boat strike in the eastern Pacific ocean on Tuesday, marking the third deadly attack on vessels in the region in four days.

The US Southern Command, which oversees military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, announced the killings in a social media post, claiming, without providing evidence, that the men killed were “narco-terrorists”.