US Southern Command Confirms Feb. 23 Caribbean Strike on Alleged Drug Boat That Killed 3 Men in Ongoing Maritime Campaign
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U.S. Southern Command said that on Feb. 23 Joint Task Force Southern Spear carried out a "lethal kinetic strike" on a stationary vessel in the Caribbean, killing three men it described as "male narco‑terrorists" tied to "Designated Terrorist Organizations" along known trafficking routes; SOUTHCOM released a video of the explosion and reported no U.S. casualties. The strike was the latest in a months‑long maritime campaign — more than 40 strikes since early September that have killed roughly 150 people — which the administration frames as a "non‑international armed conflict" against cartels while critics and legal experts say Washington has provided little public evidence the boats carried drugs and warn the operations may violate the laws of armed conflict.
U.S. Counter-Narcotics Operations
Latin America & Caribbean Security
U.S. Military Operations in Latin America