United States kills three men in a new attack on a boat in the Caribbean

Miami.- The U.S. Armed Forces killed three men in a new attack on a boat in the Caribbean allegedly operated by drug traffickers, announced this Monday the Southern Command of United States, bringing the total to at least 150 victims since these operations began in 2025.

The attack on Monday occurred within the framework of Operation Southern Spear, with which the United States has bombed more than 40 ships since last September to combat drug trafficking in the area of Central America, South America and the Caribbean, in addition to increasing pressure on Venezuela. The Southern Command assured that U.S. forces "conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by organizations designated as terrorists".

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“Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was transiting along known drug trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was involved in drug trafficking operations. Three narco-terrorists men died in this action. No U.S. military forces suffered damage,” the organization asserted on its social media.

The "South Spear" Operation

This new bombing comes after an operation that left three dead last Friday in the Pacific, also due to alleged drug trafficking. Also last week, the U.S. Armed Forces announced the destruction of three boats linked to drug trafficking, allegedly, in the Pacific and the Caribbean, in an operation that in total left 11 dead, the largest simultaneous attack since Operation Southern Lance began. With Monday's attack, there would be a total of 44 bombings and 150 deaths since these offensives began, according to counts by the US national press.

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Although civil organizations, Democrats, and some Republicans have labeled these attacks as illegal, the Donald Trump administration has argued that its actions are justified because it is in an "armed conflict" with cartels and terrorist organizations linked to drug trafficking in Latin America.