Overview
- The U.S. Justice Department says recent Caribbean and eastern Pacific operations were ordered under the laws of armed conflict following the administration’s declaration of war against Latin American drug cartels.
- A Washington Post investigation maps 19 strikes linked to 76 deaths, with nine in the eastern Pacific and ten in the Caribbean, while three locations remain unconfirmed and 16 appear on the published map.
- Mexico’s navy mounted a search-and-rescue on October 28 about 740 kilometers from Acapulco at the U.S. Coast Guard’s request after a reported survivor, though the effort ended without results.
- Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the actions were directed by President Trump, confirming two lethal strikes last weekend in the Pacific and stating six people were killed in the most recent attack.
- U.N. human-rights chief Volker Türk has urged the U.S. to halt extrajudicial killings at sea and called for an independent review of the campaign’s legality and safeguards for civilians.