The US military has carried out another strike on a vessel suspected of being used for drug trafficking in the Eastern Pacific, the US Southern Command reported.
“Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was traveling along known drug smuggling routes in the Eastern Pacific and was being used for drug trafficking“, the command reported in X.
Three people were killed in the strike. No US service members were injured.
Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the start of Operation “Southern Spear“, a counter-narcotics operation, in November 2025.