ALBAWABA - Two people were killed in a U.S. military strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, the US Southern Command said.
The U.S. Southern Command announced that two people were killed, while another person survived the U.S. Navy's attack on a boat.
"On Feb. 9, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations," SOUTHCOM wrote on X.
SOUTHCOM further mentioned that the U.S. Coast Guard were alerted to activate a search and rescue mission for the survivor.
The CNN cited a Coast Guard spokesperson, "Maritime Rescue Coordination Center Ecuador has assumed coordination of search and rescue operations," and that USCG would provide technical support.
Since the start of U.S. attacks on alleged drug-trafficking boats, at least 121 people have now been killed in an operation that was named "Operation Southern Spear".
