US strikes vessel in Caribbean, killing three
- The U.S. military conducted a lethal strike on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea on September 9, killing three people labeled as narco-terrorists tied to drug trafficking based on confirmed intelligence.
- Operation Southern Spear, managed by Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere under the direction of U.S. Southern Command, has carried out 67 strikes since at least August 2025 targeting drug traffickers and disrupting cartel networks.
- President Donald Trump described the campaign as an armed conflict with Latin American cartels to prevent narcotics from reaching American communities and causing overdoses, with plans to extend operations to allied Latin American countries.
- Human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the ACLU have criticized the strikes as unlawful extrajudicial killings and questioned the legality and evidence behind the military actions.
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US military says it struck vessel in Caribbean, killing three
WASHINGTON, Sept 9 - The U.S. military said on Wednesday three people were killed in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea, the latest in a series of attacks that Washington says target \"narco-terrorists\" but human rights groups condemn as extrajudicial killings. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The United States struck a ship allegedly linked to drug trafficking in the Caribbean, three people were killed, the Southern Command of the US Armed Forces reported
The United States struck a ship allegedly linked to drug trafficking in the Caribbean, three people were killed, the Southern Command of the US Armed Forces reported.
US strikes vessel in Caribbean, killing three
Sept 9 (Reuters) - The United States launched a strike on a vessel operating along "narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean", killing three people, U.S. Southern Command said in a post on X on Wednesday. Reuters was not immediately abl...
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