The United States has conducted another strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean, killing four people.
US Southern Command says it struck alleged drug traffickers operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean yesterday, following its standard reporting pattern for military operations against suspected cartels across the multinational maritime zones.
The latest attack brings the death toll from US military boat strikes to at least 235 across 70 attacks, since the administration of US President Donald Trump first launched its counter-narcoterrorism campaign, termed Operation Southern Spear, in September of last year.
At the time, Trump characterised the fight against cartels in Latin America as an active armed conflict while defending the strikes as a necessary escalation to curb illicit drug trafficking and reduce fatal US overdoses.
The move comes as United Nations experts warn that the strikes violate international law and could amount to crimes against humanity.
Despite releasing footage on X showing the explosion that destroyed the moving vessel, the US military has offered no evidence that the targeted boat was ferrying drugs.
The Trump administration has been actively seeking regional security agreements across Latin America to expand joint military operations against what it has designated as criminal cartels.
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