The Joint Interagency Task Force South, operating under the command of the US Armed Forces’ Southern Command, struck a speedboat in the Caribbean on 19 September.
US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) reported this on X.
According to the US command, the boat was operating along known drug-trafficking routes. SOUTHCOM said intelligence had confirmed the vessel was being used to transport drugs.
On September 19, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in… pic.twitter.com/LPNJ5ec3GU
— U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) September 19, 2026
As a result of the operation, US forces killed four people whom SOUTHCOM described as “narco-terrorists”.
The operation was carried out by Joint Interagency Task Force South, which operates under the command of the US Armed Forces’ Southern Command.