US military launches deadly strike on drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean, leaving 3 dead
The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced Friday that the U.S. military carried out an operation targeting suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean, leaving three people dead.
"On Feb. 13, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations," SOUTHCOM said in a post on X.
Aerial footage posted by SOUTHCOM shows the vessel being struck.
"Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations," the joint command added in the post.
Three narco-terrorists were killed during the operation, the joint command said.
No U.S. military personnel were harmed in the operation, the command added.
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