The United States military has carried out strikes on three alleged narco-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific ocean, killing eight people.
“Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking,” the US Southern Command said in a statement on social media platform X.
“A total of eight male narco-terrorists were killed during these actions-three in the first vessel, two in the second and three in the third,” it added.
A video posted with the statement showed a boat moving through the sea waters before exploding.
The US military strikes against alleged drug traffickers, which began in September, have killed at least 90 people so far and destroyed over 20 vessels.
