US EditionUS military blows up drug boat in Caribbean, raising death toll to 150 ‘narco-terrorists’ killed
The strike is part of a campaign that has killed at least 150 alleged drug traffickers since September, targeting vessels on known smuggling routes in the Caribbean Sea.
- On Monday, February 23, 2026, U.S. Southern Command said Gen. Francis L. Donovan directed Joint Task Force Southern Spear to strike a boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing three people.
- Since early September, U.S. forces have deployed a large naval force in the Caribbean, striking smuggling boats, seizing oil tankers, and raiding to capture Nicolas Maduro as President Donald Trump’s administration calls this a war on 'narco-terrorists.'
- Southern Command's post on X showed a stationary boat destroyed and intelligence assessments cited by U.S. Southern Command confirmed the vessel was transiting known narco‑trafficking routes.
- In Congress, Democrats have criticized the strikes for lacking evidence and congressional authorization, while international law experts and rights groups argue they may be extrajudicial killings.
- The latest strike raises the campaign's death toll to at least 150 people and comes less than a week after a recent deadly incident in regional waters in the Caribbean and broader Latin American maritime region.
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U.S. military strike on drug vessel in Caribbean kills 3
A U.S. military strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean has left three people dead, according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). The strike was carried out Monday at the direction of SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan and targeted a vessel the military said was operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean a…
In an attack in the alleged fight against drug trafficking, the US military killed three people. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels to the Caribbean for talks.
U.S. strike on alleged drug boat kills 3 in Caribbean Sea: military
The U.S. military said it killed three people Monday in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean Sea as part of the Trump administration's months-long campaign against alleged traffickers.
US Military Blows Up Another Small Boat in the Caribbean Sea, Killing Three - News From Antiwar.com
US Southern Command announced on Monday that its forces blew up yet another boat it accused of running drugs, killing three people. The command said the boat was targeted in the Caribbean Sea and described the people it killed as "narco-terrorists," a term used by the Trump administration to justify…
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Independent EspañolWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military killed three people Monday in an attack on a vessel suspected of drug smuggling in the Caribbean, officials said, part of the Trump administration’s months-long crackdown on suspected drug traffickers. The offensive brings the death toll to 151 since September 2015, when the Trump administration began targeting those it calls “narco-terrorists” in small boats. As in most military statements about the more than…
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