US says five dead in strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat
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October 27, 2026
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US military announced it carried out a strike Tuesday on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing five people.
The strike targeted “a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes”, US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said on X.
“Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel’s active involvement in narco-trafficking,” SOUTHCOM added in the post, which included a video clip of a stationary vessel being engulfed in an explosion.
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