Overview
- Official tallies report 16 U.S. attacks on suspected drug boats since early September, with at least 61 people killed across the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
- Mexico says four boats were hit about 800 km southwest of Acapulco on October 28, leaving 14 dead, and authorities later reported another Pacific strike with four additional fatalities.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected the lethal actions and proposed coordinated interdictions so Semar detains suspects before any U.S. intervention, with the plan presented to the U.S. ambassador.
- Mexico’s foreign ministry is seeking urgent meetings with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and DOT chief Sean Duffy after the U.S. canceled 13 passenger and cargo routes from AIFA and AICM.
- The Trump administration defends the operations as a campaign against “narcoterrorists,” while Colombia’s president condemned the strikes as extrajudicial killings and the UN and OAS requested information from Washington.