Washington– The US military said on Friday that it had carried out another operation A fatal blow on a ship Charged with drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea.
US Southern Command said on social media that the boat “was passing through known drug smuggling routes in the Caribbean and was participating in drug smuggling operations.” She added that the raid resulted in the deaths of three people. A video linked to the post shows a boat moving through the water before it explodes and catches fire.
Friday’s attack brings the death toll from Trump administration strikes on alleged drug boats to 133 people in at least 38 attacks carried out since early September in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced last week that “certain major drug traffickers” in the region “have decided to halt all drug operations indefinitely due to recent (highly effective) kinetic strikes in the Caribbean.” However, Hegseth did not provide any details or information to support this claim, in a post on his personal account on social media.
President Donald Trump said the United States is in “armed conflict” with gangs in Latin America and has already done so Justify the attacks As a necessary escalation to stop the flow of drugs. But his administration has provided little evidence to support its claims of killing “narco-terrorists.”