The US has launched another strike on a vessel in the Caribbean, killing four people, the US Southern Command said. The command, which oversees combatant operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, announced on X that it had conducted a “lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations”. Without including evidence, the US Southern Command said that “intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.”The strike killed four alleged drug smugglers, according to the US Southern Command. The latest strike comes as part of the US Southern Command’s efforts to apply “total systemic friction on the cartels”. Last Friday, the US military said it had carried out a “lethal kinetic strike” on another alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific that left one survivor and two people dead.

Source: The Guardian March 26, 2026 01:29 UTC