US Military Kills 11 in Operation Southern Spear Under Trump

Donald Trump's administration authorized lethal military strikes on three suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean, resulting in 11 fatalities.Pete Hegseth justified the operation as a necessary defense against narco-terrorists, while human rights organizations condemned the actions as unlawful extrajudicial killings in international waters.The latest mission brings the total death toll to at least 144 people since Operation Southern Spear began in September to disrupt Latin American drug cartels.Congressional leaders are now seeking a public accounting and legal justification for the maritime strikes after SOUTHCOM released video evidence of the encounters.