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US military says it struck vessel in the Caribbean, killing four
Trump's administration has been striking vessels that it accuses of transporting narcotics since September 2025
- PUBLISHED: Wed 26 Aug 2026, 7:59 AM
The US military said on Tuesday four people were killed in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean, the latest in a series of attacks that Washington says target "narco-terrorists" but human rights groups condemn as extrajudicial killings.
"Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists," the US Southern Command said on X.
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It did not identify the individuals or provide details on the location other than to say the vessel was "operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean."
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"Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere continues executing precise, lethal operations against the cartels. We will hunt, disrupt, and defeat these narco-terrorist networks. SOUTHCOM is resolved to neutralizing cartel terror and violence throughout the region and into the U.S.⦠pic.twitter.com/Kj4k9onYxx
— U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) August 26, 2026
US President Donald Trump's administration has been striking vessels that it accuses of transporting narcotics since September 2025. The US military's strikes on such vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific have killed more than 210 people.
Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and independent UN experts have called the strikes unlawful extrajudicial killings.
The US military said on Monday two people were killed in a strike it launched on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific over the weekend. That strike marked the first in more than two months.