US Military Strikes Drug Traffickers
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- Ayush PandeyTimes of India
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- Authors; ContributorsThe Hindu
- Landon MionFox News
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Last night, on October 4, U.S. Southern Command posted that it had struck another small boat in the Caribbean, killing another four people it called “narco-terrorists.” This brings the number of strikes to more than 70, and the number of people killed in the strikes that began a year ago to more than 230 people.
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Southern Command claimed that intelligence revealed the vessel’s “active involvement in narco-trafficking.”
The Trump administration is pursuing deals with allied nations to extend its offensive to land across multiple Latin American countries.
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a visit to Panama in August that Colombia, Guatemala, and Honduras had agreed to allow the U.S. to carry out joint military operations against criminal groups on their soil.
The US military killed four people in a strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Caribbean Sea, the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said on Sunday.
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- 5 Oct
• The US Southern Command said on X it "executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean."
Coverage 9 articles
- 6 Oct October 5, 2026
Letters from an American 
5 Oct Dramatic footage shows alleged narco boat erupt in fireball during US military strike
New York Post
5 Oct Another U.S. strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat kills 4, SOUTHCOM says
CBS News
5 Oct Dramatic footage shows alleged narco boat erupt in fireball during US military strike
Fox News
5 Oct U.S. military says latest strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in Caribbean kills 4
The Hindu- 5 Oct US military says latest strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean kills 4
Toronto Star 5 Oct US military says it struck vessel in Caribbean, killing four
The Straits Times
5 Oct US military kills 4 in strike on suspected drug-trafficking vessel in Caribbean
Times of India- 5 Oct US military says it struck vessel in Caribbean, killing four
The Straits Times
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