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The US military said two people were killed and one was wounded in a US strike on a suspected drug smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific. The military said the attack was part of an ongoing campaign against maritime drug trafficking.
In a statement posted on the US Department of Defense’s social media page, the US Southern Command (Southcom) said that Joint Task Force Southern Spear was conducting operations along drug trafficking routes and attacked a boat involved in the illegal drug trade.
The attack was part of a series of US military operations against suspected drug smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific, as part of Operation Southern Spear, which began in September 2025.
At least 130 people have been reported killed in attacks since the campaign began, sparking debate among legal experts and rights groups about the legality and oversight of such operations in international waterways.
