US says it killed four in strike on vessel in the Caribbean

The US military has announced that it killed four individuals in a targeted strike on a vessel in the Caribbean on Saturday, alleging that the vessel was engaged in drug trafficking. According to the Southern Command's statement on X, "confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel’s active involvement in narco-trafficking." This latest strike is part of an ongoing campaign that began last year, targeting what the administration describes as "narco-terrorists."

The US military confirmed that it had conducted a similar strike 10 days prior, which resulted in the deaths of three people. Since the campaign's inception, the US military has conducted strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, resulting in over 220 deaths. Human rights groups have criticized these actions, labeling them as "extrajudicial killings."

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