The U.S. military killed three people on June 18 during a kinetic strike on a powerboat believed to be carrying drugs, the latest in a series of attacks on suspected narcotics traffickers.
The incident in the Eastern Pacific Ocean brings the number of people killed since the Trump administration began targeting “narcoterrorists” in early September to 211.
In a June 18 post on X, U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) uploaded a video of aerial footage of a boat speeding through the water before exploding into flames.
“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” SOUTHCOM said. “Three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action.”…