The Mexican Navy rescued a survivor from the U.S. military strikes on four alleged drug-smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, which occurred in international waters on October 27, 2025. The strikes, announced by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on October 28, killed 14 people and left one survivor.
The Mexican Navy rescues a survivor of the alleged drug boats attacked by the United States in international waters.
The sole survivor of the latest extrajudicial attack by the United States against four boats in the Eastern Pacific, 740 kilometers from Acapulco, has been rescued by the Mexican Navy Secretariat (SEMAR). US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reported on his Twitter account that 14 crew members were traveling aboard the alleged drug boats and were killed in the operation, whom the secretary accuses of belonging to "designated terrorist organizations." President Claudia Sheinbaum, who confirmed the rescue on Tuesday at a press conference, has asked SEMAR and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to address these operations in a working group with Washington. "We do not agree with these attacks, with how they are carried out," she stressed.
The president received news of the rescue during her cabinet meeting this morning. "It appears that there was one survivor, and the Navy, for humanitarian reasons and in accordance with international treaties, decided to rescue this person," she explained. However, she has requested that the situation be addressed within the framework of Mexico's security agreement with the United States. "It is important, and I made this point today to the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, that these issues be discussed at the table, because we want all international treaties to be complied with," added Sheinbaum, who rejects the United States' methods of carrying out these attacks without evidence and killing civilians.
Juan Ramón de la Fuente, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and Admiral Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles, head of the Navy Secretariat, will meet with the US ambassador to Mexico, Ronald Johnson, to discuss how to respond to these incidents, which are recurring in the Caribbean and, since last week, also in the Pacific.
One of the latest incidents occurred off the coast of Colombia, killing five people, which escalated tensions between Washington and Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who described the attacks as murders that violate international law. "Today we suspended all payments to Colombia. Let [Petro] be careful or we will take very severe measures against him and his country," Trump responded forcefully.
Sheinbaum ha pedido que se investigue este tema en una mesa de trabajo con Washington. “No estamos de acuerdo con estos ataques”, ha subrayado la presidenta
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