U.S. Military Strikes Caribbean Drug Boat, Killing 4 as Anti-Cartel Campaign Reaches 231 Deaths
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 20
U.S. Military Strikes Caribbean Drug Boat, Killing 4 as Anti-Cartel Campaign Reaches 231 Deaths
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 20
Summary
Sept. 19 footage released by U.S. Southern Command showed a U.S. strike destroying a go-fast vessel in the Caribbean and killing four alleged narco-traffickers.
Confirmed intelligence linked the boat to active drug trafficking on an established Caribbean smuggling route, prompting Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere to carry out what SOUTHCOM called a lethal kinetic strike.
The attack extends a monthslong Trump administration campaign against cartel-linked vessels; SOUTHCOM says it has conducted at least 69 reported strikes over roughly a year, with at least 231 deaths.
Recent operations have also included boarding suspected trafficking boats and sinking them after crews were removed, with many targets allegedly tied to Los Choneros.