The US military launched a strike on Wednesday on an alleged narco-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people on board, according to officials.
US Southern Command (Southcom) said in a post on X that the vessel “was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.”
The United States began targeting alleged smuggling boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean in early September, and the latest attack brings the death toll to at least 163.
US President Donald Trump’s administration insists the country is effectively at war with what he calls “narco-terrorists” operating in Latin America.
But the Trump administration has provided little evidence that the vessels targeted are actually involved in drug trafficking. Some experts and rights groups say the strikes amount to extrajudicial killings.
AFP
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