The US military has struck a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific, killing two men, as the Trump administration wages a months-long campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America.
The latest attack on Wednesday brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the US military to at least 207 since the administration began targeting those it calls “narcoterrorists” in early September.
As with most of the military’s statements on strikes in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, US Southern Command said it targeted the alleged drug traffickers along known smuggling routes.
A video posted on X showed a boat speeding through the water before bursting into flames.
“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” Southern Command said on X.
“Two male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No US military forces were harmed.”
