The US military said on Tuesday it carried out a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing four men involved a suspected drug smuggling operation.
The strike comes a day after the US military said that a another strike, also in the eastern Pacific, had killed two men.
US President Donald Trump's administration has been targeting vessels suspected of transporting narcotics with military strikes.
On April 14, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known… pic.twitter.com/RH5ldx9tN0
— U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) April 14, 2026
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