US President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have defended the US military strikes on alleged drug boats

US President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have defended the US military strikes on alleged drug boats

Relatives of two Trinidadian men killed last year in a US military strike on a boat allegedly carrying drugs filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday against the US government.

It is the first such case to be brought against the Trump administration over the three dozen missile strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, which have left at least 125 people dead since September.

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