{"id":72686,"date":"2026-04-27T00:03:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T05:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/us-strike-kills-three-on-alleged-narco-boat-as-campaign-death-toll-hits-185\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T00:03:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T05:03:56","slug":"us-strike-kills-three-on-alleged-narco-boat-as-campaign-death-toll-hits-185","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/us-strike-kills-three-on-alleged-narco-boat-as-campaign-death-toll-hits-185\/","title":{"rendered":"US strike kills three on alleged narco boat as campaign death toll hits 185"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Military video shows boat moving swiftly in water before explosion leaves it in flames<\/p>\n<p>The US military said on Sunday three men were killed when it struck a boat it claimed was \u201cengaged in narco-trafficking operations\u201d in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>This latest strike \u2013 which follows dozens of similar attacks on alleged drug boats in recent months \u2013 brings the US campaign\u2019s death toll to at least 185, according to a tally compiled by Agence France-Presse.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/27\/us-three-killed-boat-alleged-narco-eastern-pacific\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military video shows boat moving swiftly in water before explosion leaves it in flames The US military said on Sunday three men were killed when it struck a boat it claimed was \u201cengaged in narco-trafficking operations\u201d in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. This latest strike \u2013 which follows dozens of similar attacks on alleged drug boats &#8230; <a title=\"US strike kills three on alleged narco boat as campaign death toll hits 185\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/us-strike-kills-three-on-alleged-narco-boat-as-campaign-death-toll-hits-185\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about US strike kills three on alleged narco boat as campaign death toll hits 185\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}