WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military struck an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean on Saturday, killing four people aboard, the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said.
The strike sank "a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean," SOUTHCOM said in a post on X.
"Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking," the command said.
Since last September, the U.S. military has sunk dozens of alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific, killing at least 231 people, according to U.S. media reports. ■
