US military says it struck suspected drug-trafficking vessel, 4 killed

The US military said it killed four people in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean on Saturday, alleging that it was involved in drug trafficking.“On September 19, under the direction of Southern Command, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean.,” US Southern Command said in a post on X."Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists," it added.The strike is part of a campaign launched last year against what the Trump administration describes as “narco-terrorists”.