The U.S. military said it struck a drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific on April 24, killing two people, in the latest action under the Trump administration’s campaign to combat drug smuggling.
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said in a post on X that a “lethal kinetic strike” was launched after intelligence confirmed the vessel was moving along known drug-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.
Intelligence indicated that the vessel was operated by “designated terrorist organizations,” according to SOUTHCOM, which oversees U.S. military operations across Latin America and the Caribbean. The command did not specify which terrorist group it was referring to….