The US military has confirmed a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific on Saturday, killing three men. This marks the second such incident in as many days, according to a statement from US Southern Command.
Officials posted on X that intelligence indicated the vessel was travelling along 'narco-trafficking' routes and engaged in related operations. The post described the three deceased as 'male narco-terrorists' and noted no US forces were harmed.
Friday's strike also left three dead, bringing the total number of fatalities from US operations against suspected drug smuggling boats in recent months to over 200. These two strikes were among four conducted in the past week.
The Trump administration has framed these actions as part of an armed conflict with Latin American drug cartels, though it has not provided definitive evidence linking the targeted vessels to drug trafficking. This has raised legal concerns, with groups like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International labelling the strikes as 'unlawful extrajudicial killings'.
