The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has confirmed it carried out a lethal strike on a vessel in the Caribbean on April 19, killing three men it described as "narco-terrorists" during an operation targeting regional drug trafficking routes.
According to Antigua News Room, the action was conducted by Joint Task Force Southern Spear under the direction of SOUTHCOM commander General Francis L. Donovan. The military stated that intelligence indicated the vessel was operated by designated terrorist organisations and was actively engaged in narco-trafficking at the time.
The vessel was reportedly transiting along known drug routes in the Caribbean when it was targeted. SOUTHCOM confirmed the strike resulted in the deaths of three male occupants aboard the vessel.
No U.S. military personnel sustained injuries during the operation, according to the statement.
Further details — including the exact location of the strike and the identities of those killed — were not immediately released by authorities.
The operation highlights continued U.S. efforts to disrupt illicit trafficking networks across the Caribbean, a region long identified as a major transit corridor for narcotics destined for North America.
