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

U.S. Southern Command said the boat was on an established drug-trafficking route and that confirmed intelligence linked it to narco-trafficking.

  • On Saturday, the U.S. military killed four people in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea, alleging the boat was involved in drug trafficking.
  • This strike continues a year-long campaign targeting those President Donald Trump calls "narcoterrorists," with the administration claiming the U.S. is in "armed conflict" with cartels in Latin America.
  • U.S. Southern Command posted on Twitter that "Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking," though the military provided no evidence the vessel was carrying drugs.
  • Labeled "extrajudicial killings" by rights groups, the latest incident brings the total death toll from 69 boat strikes to at least 231 since the campaign began.
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently announced deals for joint military operations in Latin American countries, though Guatemala has denied reaching any such agreement with the United States.
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According to the Southern Command version, the vessel "operated on drug trafficking routes" established in the area.

·Los Angeles, United States
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It was a "lethal and kinetic blow against a fast boat operating along established drug trafficking routes in the Caribbean," Southcom said.

·Las Condes, Chile
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These actions are part of a unilateral military offensive against cartels and infrastructures described by the White House as “narco-terrorists.”

·Caracas, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
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TVA Nouvelles broke the news in Montreal, Canada on Saturday, September 19, 2026.
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