US military says it struck vessel in the Caribbean, killing four

Washington: The U.S. military said on Tuesday four people were killed in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean, the latest in a series of attacks that ‌Washington says target "narco-terrorists" ⁠but ⁠human rights groups condemn as extrajudicial killings.

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* "Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists," the U.S. Southern Command said on X.


* It did not ​identify the individuals or ⁠provide details ‌on the location other than ​to ​say the vessel was "operating along established ⁠narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean."

* President Donald ​Trump's administration has been striking vessels ​that it accuses of transporting narcotics since September 2025.

* The U.S. military's strikes on such vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific have killed more ‌than 210 people.

* Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and independent U.N. experts ​have called ​the strikes ⁠unlawful extrajudicial killings.

* The U.S. military said on Monday two people were killed in a strike ​it launched on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific over the weekend. That strike marked the first in more than two months.