The U.S. military said on Tuesday four people were killed in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean, the latest in a series of attacks that Washington says target “narco-terrorists” but human rights groups condemn as extrajudicial killings.
FURTHER DETAILS: • “Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel’s active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists,” the U.S. That strike marked the first in more than two months.
Southern Command said on X. • It did not identify the individuals or provide details on the location other than to say the vessel was “operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean.” • President Donald Trump’s administration has been striking vessels that it accuses of transporting narcotics since September 2025. • The U.S. military’s strikes on such vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific have killed more than 210 people. • Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and independent U.N. experts have called the strikes unlawful extrajudicial killings. • The U.S. military said on Monday two people were killed in a strike it launched on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific over the weekend.
