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US military blows up drug boat in Caribbean, raising death toll to 150 ‘narco-terrorists’ killed
The strike is part of a campaign that has killed around 150 alleged narco-terrorists since September to disrupt drug trafficking to the U.S., U.S. Southern Command said.
- On Monday, February 23, 2026, U.S. Southern Command said Gen. Francis L. Donovan directed Joint Task Force Southern Spear to strike a boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing three people.
- Since early September, U.S. forces have deployed a large naval force in the Caribbean, striking smuggling boats, seizing oil tankers, and raiding to capture Nicolas Maduro as President Donald Trump’s administration calls this a war on 'narco-terrorists.'
- Southern Command's post on X showed a stationary boat destroyed and intelligence assessments cited by U.S. Southern Command confirmed the vessel was transiting known narco‑trafficking routes.
- In Congress, Democrats have criticized the strikes for lacking evidence and congressional authorization, while international law experts and rights groups argue they may be extrajudicial killings.
- The latest strike raises the campaign's death toll to at least 150 people and comes less than a week after a recent deadly incident in regional waters in the Caribbean and broader Latin American maritime region.
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In a post on Platform X, the US military said the ship was involved in drug trafficking operations.
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elnorte.comU.S. forces attacked another alleged narco-lanche in Caribbean waters, leaving a balance of three dead, reporting to the Southern Command.
·Mexico City, Mexico
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By Haley Britzky, CNN - The U.S. military carried out an attack on a suspected drug-trafficking speedboat in the Caribbean on Monday, killing three people, U.S. Southern Command announced in a social media post. The post, which included a video of the attack, said the speedboat was “operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations” and that intelligence “confirmed the vessel was transiting known drug trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was inv…
·Panama City, United States
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