The US military said on Wednesday that it carried out a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two people.
According to US Southern Command, intelligence assessments determined that the vessel was engaged in narcotics trafficking operations. The military announced the strike in a post on X/ Twitter.
On June 3, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking… pic.twitter.com/wCHvnSJf3O
— US Southern Command (@Southcom) June 4, 2026
The strike is the latest in a series of operations targeting suspected drug-trafficking networks conducted under the Trump administration.
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