US strike on Caribbean boat killed 4, extending anti-drug campaign
What's new: The strike was the second in two days after a lull of more than two months, as rights groups challenge the operations as unlawful.
The U.S. military killed four people in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean on Aug. 25, marking the latest attack in the Trump administration’s campaign against what it calls narco-terrorists. U.S. Southern Command said intelligence tied the go-fast vessel to drug trafficking routes in the Caribbean, but it did not identify those killed or give a more precise location. The operation came a day after the military reported killing two people in a separate strike on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, the first such attack in more than two months. Reuters reported more than 210 people have been killed in these strikes since September 2025, while Fox News and AP put the total at at least 227. Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and U.N. experts have condemned the campaign as extrajudicial killing.