Washington, 26 March 2026 (dpa/MIA) – Four men were killed on Wednesday in a US military strike on a boat carrying suspected drug smugglers in the Caribbean, the US military said.

The US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said that "four male narco-terrorists" were killed in a "lethal kinetic strike" on a vessel that the US alleges "was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations."

In recent months, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly ordered attacks on boats in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific, citing efforts to stop cross-border drug smuggling.

Critics say the deadly attacks in international waters violate international law.

According to official figures, more than 130 people have already been killed.

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