US launches strikes on alleged drug-running boats off Colombia, killing 14

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00:00These images, shared by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,

00:04show the bombing of four vessels in the Pacific by the U.S. military.

00:09It's the latest in a series of deadly strikes against alleged drug traffickers

00:13by the Trump administration. Hegseth reported 14 were killed in the attacks

00:18and that one survivor was rescued by Mexican authorities.

00:23These narco-terrorists have killed more Americans than Al-Qaeda and they will be treated the same.

00:28We will track them, we will network them, and then we will hunt and kill them.

00:33Since September, at least 10 such strikes have been carried out by the U.S. military

00:37in the Caribbean and the Pacific, as part of an aggressive anti-drug campaign

00:42pushed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

00:45Well, I don't think we're going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war.

00:49I think we're just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, okay?

00:54We're going to kill them, you know? They're going to be, like, dead.

00:58The measures have raised tensions with Venezuela and Colombia

01:01and provoked harsh criticism internationally.

01:05Last week, President Lula of Brazil condemned Trump's actions.

01:10You can't just say you're going to invade and fight drug trafficking in other people's land

01:14without taking into account the constitution of other countries.

01:18If the world becomes lawless without respectability, it will be very difficult to live.

01:25The legality of the strikes has been questioned by democratic lawmakers.

01:29They say it's unclear why the U.S. military has gotten involved rather than the Coast Guard,

01:34and why other efforts to stop drug shipments were not used before resorting to lethal force.

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