US military says it killed three people in latest Caribbean boat strike

U.S. forces killed three men whom the military described as illicit drug smugglers in a strike on ‌a ⁠boat in ⁠the Caribbean, U.S. Southern Command said on Sunday.

Southern Command posted what it said was video of the strike on social ⁠media platform ‌X, showing an explosion of a small ⁠boat traveling on open water.

The boat was traveling on "known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean," Southern Command said.


The U.S. military has so far killed ‌157 alleged members or affiliates of drug organizations in 45 ⁠strikes against drug trafficking vessels in the Western Hemisphere, a senior U.S. defense official said last month.