After Undercounting Boat Strike Killings, U.S. Military Updates Death Toll

After questions from The Intercept, U.S. Southern Command updated its count of civilians killed in boat strikes to 123.

The United States killed 11 civilians in boat strikes on December 30 — eight more people than previously reported, according to new figures provided exclusively to The Intercept by Col. Emanuel Ortiz, Southern Command’s chief of public affairs. This attack on three vessels represents one of the largest single-day death tolls since the U.S. military began targeting alleged drug smuggling boats last September. The U.S military has now killed 123 people in the campaign.

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