US Military Strikes Another Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific, Killing Two
US forces hit a suspected drug boat in the eastern Pacific, killing two. The strike is part of a broader campaign that has killed over 210 people.
US military forces have carried out another strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two people who the Pentagon says were involved in drug trafficking.
The US Southern Command announced the operation in a social media post early Monday. The strike targeted a low-profile vessel moving along known narco-trafficking routes, and intelligence confirmed it was carrying illegal drugs, according to the command's statement.
This latest action brings the death toll from the Trump administration's campaign of bombing boats off Latin America's Caribbean coast and in the eastern Pacific to more than 210, following over 60 strikes.
General Francis Donovan, who heads US Southern Command, said in the statement: "We are committed to imposing total systemic friction on narco-terrorists -- disrupting their operations, dismantling their leadership, and eliminating cartel terror across the region."
The strike comes days after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the US would extend its offensive to land operations in several Latin American countries. During a visit to Panama, Hegseth said Colombia, Guatemala, and Honduras had agreed to allow joint US military operations against criminal groups on their soil. However, Guatemala has denied reaching such an agreement.
Ecuador had already launched similar missions with the US in March.