The US military struck a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing one person and leaving two survivors. The US Southern Command said the vessel was operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations and was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes.

The US Coast Guard was notified for search and rescue operations. There have rarely been survivors of the US strikes. President Donald Trump’s administration has been striking vessels that it accuses of transporting narcotics.

Experts and human rights advocates have questioned the legality of the strikes. The US military’s strikes on such vessels have killed more than 200 people since September. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International consider such strikes unlawful extrajudicial killings.

Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.