The US military has carried out a strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean, killing four people, the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said.
In a statement on Monday, SOUTHCOM said Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere conducted a "lethal, kinetic strike" on a high-speed vessel operating along established drug-trafficking routes in the Caribbean.
"Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking," the command said.
SOUTHCOM described those killed in the operation as "narco-terrorists."
It also released footage of the operation showing the vessel moving through the water before being struck and engulfed in an explosion.
The attack was the latest in a campaign dating back to last year that targets what the Trump administration describes as "narco-terrorists."
Last month, the US Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere carried out a lethal strike on a high-speed vessel operating along established drug-trafficking routes in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people.
Since the campaign started, US strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific have killed more than 220 people.
