WASHINGTON – Military officials announced Tuesday that U.S. Southern Command executed three separate operations against suspected drug trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, resulting in the deaths of 11 individuals.
The casualties were distributed across the three operations, with the first strike resulting in four deaths, the second claiming four more lives, and the final operation killing three people, military officials reported.
“Intelligence confirmed the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes and were engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” SOUTHCOM said in a post on X.
The military command did not provide additional details about the timing or specific locations of the strikes in their Tuesday announcement.
