A vessel that the U.S. military said was suspected of smuggling drugs, burns after being struck with a kinetic weapon in a location given as the Eastern Pacific, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released December 18, 2025. U.S. Southern Command/Handout via REUTERS
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Thursday it carried out kinetic strikes on two vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Eastern Pacific.
“A total of five male narco-terrorists were killed during these actions — three in the first vessel and two in the second vessel. No U.S. military forces were harmed,” the U.S. Southern Command said on X.
Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman
