US military destroys drug smugglers' boat in Caribbean - four dead

The US military has once again destroyed a speedboat that it said was used by drug smugglers in the Caribbean, killing four people. The Southcom military command responsible for the region published a video on the X platform in which a moving boat is hit by an unidentified weapon, explodes and bursts into a fireball. According to confirmed intelligence reports, the speedboat was actively involved in drug trafficking. The military wrote that those killed were “narco-terrorists.” The information could not be independently verified.

On orders from President Donald Trump, the US military has been repeatedly attacking boats in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific for about a year that are allegedly used to smuggle drugs into the US. As was the case this time, there is usually talk of several “drug terrorists” being killed.

In total, dozens of boats are said to have been hit in the military operation “Southern Spear” and well over 200 people were killed. Critics doubt whether the deadly attacks in international waters are permissible under international law.

According to recent data from a US government official, drug smuggling in the Caribbean has fallen by about two-thirds as a result of military operations. This representation cannot be independently verified either.