The Mexican Navy on Tuesday confirmed it was searching for the sole survivor of US strikes on four alleged drug-smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean that left 14 dead.
The Navy said that the operation was taking place more than 400 nautical miles southwest of the port of Acapulco and was carried out at the request of the US Coast Guard.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said 14 “narcoterrorists” were killed in Monday’s strikes, which bring to at least 57 the numbers killed in Washington’s anti-narcotics campaign.
He did not give the nationalities of the latest victims.
The attacks are the first confirmed to have taken place near Mexican waters since the US launched its offensive against Latin American drug traffickers last month.
“We do not agree with these attacks,” left-wing President Claudia Sheinbaum said during her regular morning press conference, calling on Washington to “comply with all international treaties.”
Sheinbaum added that the issue of drug trafficking to the United States should be dealt with through diplomatic channels.
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