US conducts fresh strike on alleged drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean, kills 4

Key Highlights

• The strike came as the administration of US President Donald Trump has faced renewed scrutiny for its recent attacks in the region. Experts are now arguing that these attacks could constitute a war crime.
• In a post on X, the US Southern Command said the latest strike was directed by Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth.
• “On Dec.
• 4, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters operated by a Designated Terrorist Organisation,” Centcom wrote in a post on X, formerly known as . STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD“Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was carrying illicit narcotics and transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific.
• Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed,” the statement further reads. More from World US Navy Admiral testifies Hegseth did not 'kill' order on Venezuelan drug boat Trump admin tightens H-1B visa screening, targets applicants involved in 'censorship' of free speechOn Dec.