2026年4月13日 / 美国东部时间晚上10:26 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/法新社
美军称，周一在东太平洋对一艘疑似运毒船只发动袭击，造成2人死亡。这使得自去年9月开展此类袭击以来的死亡人数至少达到170人。
负责美军在该区域行动的美国南方司令部在X平台上发帖称，“该船只当时正在东太平洋已知的贩毒航线航行，且正从事贩毒活动”。
帖文称，“此次行动中，两名男性贩毒恐怖分子被击毙。美军无人员伤亡”。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻部就该船只参与贩毒恐怖活动的证据向美国南方司令部求证。
一名发言人回应称，在开展任何行动前，他们会依靠“一套严谨的情报收集与分析流程，可能包括多源情报、监视与侦察手段来确认非法活动”。
该发言人表示：“在此次事件中，通过协同情报工作确认，涉事船只在既定贩毒航线活动，且被评估从事与贩毒行动相符的活动。”他补充道：“出于行动安全考虑，我们无法讨论具体情报来源或手段。”
此次最新袭击发生在两天前，美军在东太平洋两艘船只上发动袭击，造成5人死亡。美国南方司令部称，其中一名袭击幸存者获救。
至少有六次针对疑似运毒船只的袭击有人生还，多数情况下相关部门都开展了搜寻和营救行动。不过已有多起搜救行动被叫停，仅在去年10月的一次行动中，两名幸存者被海军直升机救起，并被遣返回厄瓜多尔和哥伦比亚。
美军对幸存者的处理方式引发了强烈审视。在9月2日首次船只袭击事件中，两名幸存者在初次袭击中存活下来，却在后续袭击中被击毙，这引发了外界对第二次袭击可能构成战争罪的指控。观看了9月2日行动视频的民主党议员对此次袭击提出了强烈批评。美国国防部和多名国会共和党议员坚称，这些幸存者当时仍在参与战斗，因此有必要发动后续袭击。
特朗普政府一直在针对在拉丁美洲活动的疑似“贩毒恐怖分子”，将这些疑似毒贩贴上“非法战斗人员”的标签，并告知国会美国与贩毒集团陷入了一场“非国际性武装冲突”。
但美方并未提供确凿证据证明其打击的船只涉及贩毒活动，这引发了关于这些行动合法性的激烈辩论。
国际法专家和人权组织表示，这些袭击可能构成法外处决，因为它们显然将并未对美国构成直接威胁的平民作为目标。
埃莉诺·沃森与乔·沃尔什为本报道撰稿。
U.S. military kills 2 men in another alleged drug boat strike in eastern Pacific
April 13, 2026 / 10:26 PM EDT / CBS/AFP
The U.S. military said it killed two people in a strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, bringing the death toll to at least 170 since strikes began last September.
U.S. Southern Command, which is responsible for Washington’s forces in the region, said in a post on X that “the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.”
“Two male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed,” the post said.
CBS News reached out to U.S. Southern Command for evidence of narco-terror operations by the vessel.
A spokesperson replied that they rely on “a rigorous process of intelligence gathering and analysis, which may include multi-source intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance to confirm illicit activity” prior to any operation.
“In this instance, the vessel in question was identified through coordinated intelligence efforts as operating along established narco-trafficking routes and was assessed to be engaged in activities consistent with narco-trafficking operations,” the spokesperson said, adding, “For operational security reasons, we cannot discuss specific sources or methods.”
The latest strike comes two days after U.S. military strikes killed five people in two boats, also in the eastern Pacific. One person survived those strikes, U.S. Southern Command said.
In at least six instances, people have survived the strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats, spurring efforts to find and rescue them in most cases. Authorities have called off several of those searches, though in one October operation, two survivors were picked up by a Navy helicopter and repatriated to their home countries of Ecuador and Colombia.
The military’s handling of survivors has drawn intense scrutiny. During the first boat strike on Sept. 2, two people survived an initial strike but were killed in a follow-on attack, prompting accusations the second strike may have constituted a war crime. Democratic lawmakers who watched a video of the Sept. 2 operation were highly critical of the strike. The Defense Department and several congressional Republicans have insisted the survivors may have still been in the fight, warranting the follow-on strike.
The Trump administration has been targeting alleged “narco-terrorists” operating in Latin America, labeling the alleged drug smugglers as “unlawful combatants,” and telling Congress the U.S. is embroiled in a “non-international armed conflict” with cartels.
But it has provided no definitive evidence that the vessels it targets are involved in drug trafficking, prompting heated debate about the legality of the operations.
International law experts and rights groups say the strikes likely amount to extrajudicial killings as they have apparently targeted civilians who do not pose an immediate threat to the United States.
Eleanor Watson and Joe Walsh contributed to this report.
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