On Oct. 27 local time US Southern Command said its Western Hemisphere Joint Task Force struck a "speedboat operating on an established trafficking route" in the eastern Pacific, killing five "drug terrorists". Since early Sept. 2025 the US has conducted multiple strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific against US-claimed, so-called "drug trafficking boats", but has not released evidence linking targets to narcotics.

2026-10-28

On Oct. 27 local time US Southern Command said its Western Hemisphere Joint Task Force struck a "speedboat operating on an established trafficking route" in the eastern Pacific, killing five "drug terrorists". Since early Sept. 2025 the US has conducted multiple strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific against US-claimed, so-called "drug trafficking boats", but has not released evidence linking targets to narcotics.