Strike on alleged drug vessel kills four in the Caribbean, US military says

Latest strike brings number of deaths to at least 163 since attacks on alleged ‘narco-terrorists’ began in September The US has launched another strike on a vessel in the Caribbean, killing four people, the US Southern Command said. The command, which oversees combatant operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, announced on X that it had conducted a “lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated

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by Designated Terrorist Organizations”. Continue reading... Latest strike brings number of deaths to at least 163 since attacks on alleged ‘narco-terrorists’ began in September The US has launched another strike on a vessel in the Caribbean, killing four people, the US Southern Command said. The command, which oversees combatant operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, announced on X that it had conducted a “lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations”. Continue reading...

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