Fact-checking U.S. military boat strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific as death toll passes 200 PBS NewsHour By: Maria Briceño · PolitiFact 3 June 2026 at 19:40 The U.S. military on May 30 struck another boat it said was engaged in "narco-trafficking operations" in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men and increasing the total death toll to 205 people.