US military strike kills three in second alleged drug boat attack this week
Feb 20, 2026
Move brings total number of people killed in US strikes on suspected boats since September to at least 148The US military launched a strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific on Friday, killing three men in its second strike this week.“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was tr
ansiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” US Southern Command, which oversees operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, said on Twitter/X. Continue reading... ...read more read less