US EditionUS military blows up drug boat in Caribbean, raising death toll to 150 ‘narco-terrorists’ killed
The strike killed three men and raised the campaign’s death toll to at least 150 since September, targeting vessels linked to designated terrorist organizations.
- 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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The U.S. military once again attacked a boat with suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean.
Washington. The U.S. military killed three people yesterday in another attack on a boat that, without proof, they accused of engaging in drug smuggling in the Caribbean, reported the Southern Command on their social networks. With this offensive there are already 151 executions since September 2025, when the Donald Trump government began to shoot down those who call narcoterrorists on small boats. The U.S. military published a video on social ne…
A new US military attack on a boat suspected of carrying drugs killed three people on Monday, the US Southern Command said, bringing the death toll from such US attacks in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific to at least 150, the French news agency AFP reported.
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.
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