At least three alleged drug traffickers were killed in a US Military airstrike against a boat in the Caribbean on Friday, February 13. US Southern Command released a statement regarding the attack on the direction of Southcom commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organisations.
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"Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Three narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed," Southcom reads.
The deadly air strikes by US military in Caribbean Sea killed at least 130 people since September 2025, according to Aljazeera. The claiming of US military is without providing any proof and targeting people on suspect of drug trafficking.
37 total attack carried out by US in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean Sea, killing at least 130 people, including an attack that killed two people earlier this week.