据两名美国官员称，美国军方周二晚上对一艘涉嫌贩毒的船只进行了另一次空袭，这次是在太平洋。
这是自9月初以来美国对涉嫌贩毒船只的第八次打击。
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)周三表示，此次行动减少了试图将毒品带入美国的船只数量，走私者现在将试图通过陆路带入毒品。“当他们从陆路进入，而他们还没有经历过这种情况时，我们会给他们沉重的打击，”他说。
特朗普表示，如果行动扩大到包括陆地上的目标，白宫“可能”会去国会解释它在做什么，但他断言“我们没有必要这样做。”
对所谓的毒品走私犯使用致命的军事力量是前所未有的，并提出了法律问题。过去的政府依靠执法来阻止毒品运输。特朗普政府为罢工辩护，称其是对卡特尔的“战争”的一部分。
致命军事力量的使用受到更广泛的法律框架的制约，如使用军事力量的授权，这是由国会批准的，用于证明对恐怖组织使用致命武力是正当的。使用AUMF进行致命打击也需要通知国会，通常是在48小时内，但不清楚相关情报委员会的立法者是否得到了打击的警告。
据官员称，周二晚上的袭击没有幸存者，据信船上有两到三人遇难。
据一名官员称，周二晚上的袭击发生在中美洲西部海域。另外7次空袭的目标是加勒比海的涉嫌贩毒船只。
现在人们认为，至少有34人在美军发动的这些袭击中丧生。
哥伦比亚广播公司首先报道了这次最新的空袭。
国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯(Pete Hegseth)周三在社交媒体上发布了罢工视频。Hegseth证实袭击造成两人死亡，发生在东太平洋。他写道，没有美军在袭击中受伤。
“企图把毒品带到我们海岸的毒枭恐怖分子，在我们半球的任何地方都找不到安全的避难所。正如基地组织在我们的国土上发动战争一样，这些卡特尔也在我们的边境和我们的人民上发动战争。不会有避难所或宽恕——只有正义，”Hegseth在x上发帖说
使用致命的军事力量是前所未有的，并提出了法律问题。过去的政府依靠执法来阻止毒品运输。特朗普政府辩护说，这些罢工是他们所说的针对卡特尔的“战争”的一部分。
“他们有更快的船。特朗普上周表示:“这些船中的一些非常严重——我的意思是，它们是世界级的快艇——但它们没有导弹快。”。
两个人在本月早些时候的一次美国袭击中幸存下来在加勒比海的一艘半潜船上。特朗普表示，幸存者将被送回他们的祖国。
US strikes another alleged drug cartel vessel, expanding attacks to Pacific
The U.S. military has carried out another airstrike on an alleged drug cartel vessel on Tuesday night, according to two U.S. officials, this time in the Pacific Ocean.
It is the eighth known U.S. strike against an alleged drug boat since early September.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday the operation has reduced the number of boats trying to bring drugs into the U.S. and that smugglers will now try to bring in drugs by land. "And we will hit them very hard when they come in by land and they haven't experienced that yet," he said.
Trump said if the operation grew to include targets on land, the White House would "probably" go to Congress and explain what it's doing, but he asserted "We don't have to do that."
The use of lethal military force against alleged drug smugglers is unprecedented and has raised legal questions. Past administrations relied on law enforcement to interdict drug shipments. The Trump administration has defended the strikes as part of what it said is a "war" against cartels.
The use of deadly military force is governed by broader legal frameworks -- such as the Authorization for Use of Military Force, which is approved by Congress and used to justify deadly force against terrorist organizations. The use of an AUMF to conduct a deadly strike would also require a notification to Congress, typically within 48 hours, though it's unclear if lawmakers on the relevant intelligence committees have been given a heads up on the strikes.
There were no survivors of Tuesday night's strike and it is believed that two to three people aboard were killed, according to the officials.
Tuesday night’s strike occurred in the waters west of Central America, according to one of the officials. The other seven airstrikes targeted alleged drug cartel vessels in the Caribbean Sea.
It is now believed that at least 34 individuals have been killed in these strikes carried out by the U.S. military.
CBS News was first to report this latest airstrike.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth released video of strike on social media on Wednesday. Hegseth confirmed the strike killed two people and took place in the Eastern Pacific. He wrote that no U.S. forces were harmed in the strike.
"Narco-terrorists intending to bring poison to our shores, will find no safe harbor anywhere in our hemisphere. Just as Al Qaeda waged war on our homeland, these cartels are waging war on our border and our people. There will be no refuge or forgiveness -- only justice," Hegseth posted on X.
The use of lethal military force is unprecedented and has raised legal questions. Past administrations relied on law enforcement to interdict drug shipments.The Trump administration's defended the strikes as part of what they said is a "war" against cartels.
"They have faster boats. Some of these boats are seriously -- I mean, they're world-class speedboats -- but they're not faster than missiles," Trump said last week.
Two peoplesurvived a U.S. strike earlier this monthon a semi-submersible vessel in the Caribbean. Trump said that the survivors were being sent back to their home countries.
