May 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Saturday it had carried out a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific killing three men, the second strike in as many days.
U.S. Southern Command said in a post on X that intelligence had confirmed that the vessel was transiting along “narco-trafficking” routes in the eastern Pacific, engaged in “narco-trafficking” operations.
“Three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed,” it said.
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This is the latest such incident over the last few months.
On May 30, 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 narco-trafficking… pic.twitter.com/IMgQiUTPnP
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— U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) May 31, 2026
(Reporting by Ruchika Khanna in Bengaluru; Editing by William Mallard)
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