The United States military has killed five people in strikes on two suspected drug-smuggling vessels in the Pacific Ocean, taking the overall death toll to at least 104 since September.
US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said the strikes were conducted on Thursday in international waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
According to the command, three people were killed on one vessel and two on the other. The operation was carried out on the instructions of US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and no US military personnel were harmed.
SOUTHCOM said intelligence assessments showed the vessels were moving along known drug-trafficking routes and were involved in smuggling operations. The US military described those killed as male narco-terrorists.
The latest action followed another US strike a day earlier on a separate vessel in the same region, which reportedly killed four people. In total, nine people were killed in US strikes
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