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US military says it struck vessel in Caribbean, killing four

Global Published 5 October 2026, 08:14 · archived 5 Oct 2026

WASHINGTON: The US military said on Sunday four people were killed in a ​strike on a vessel in the Caribbean ‌Sea, the latest in a series of attacks that Washington says target “narco-terrorists” but human rights experts condemn as extrajudicial killings. The ​US Southern Command said on X it “executed ​a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel ⁠operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean.” It ​cited what it called “confirmed intelligence” to allege the ​vessel’s active involvement in narco-trafficking, without providing more details. It added that four people, who...

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