As part of the Trump administration's campaign against what it calls "narco-terrorists" operating in the Caribbean and Pacific region, US forces carried out strikes on a boat suspected of drug smuggling in the eastern ocean, killing two people, according to what the US military announced Monday. Bringing the total number of deaths as a result of these strikes so far to at least 130.
Published on: 02/10/2026 - 07:33
Two people were killed in US strikes against a boat suspected of drug smuggling in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the US military announced Monday.
"Two drug terrorists were killed and one survived the strike," the US Army's Southern Command said in a statement on the X platform, adding that the US Coast Guard had been notified "to activate the search and rescue system for the surviving person."
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This is the third strike against an alleged drug boat, announced by the US military since US Special Forces arrested Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in January.
Trump administration officials did not provide any conclusive evidence that these boats were involved in drug smuggling, which raised controversy over the legality of the operations and considered them extrajudicial executions. The total death toll from the 38 US strikes so far has reached at least 130.
Maduro had always repeated before his imprisonment that the US military campaign in the Caribbean and the Pacific aimed to change his regime.
Last month, relatives of two Trinidad men killed in one of the strikes filed a lawsuit against the US government for wrongful death in a strike carried out on October 14.
Since last September, the administration of President Donald Trump has launched a military operation against what it calls “narco-terrorists” who are active in the Caribbean and Pacific region from Venezuela.
France 24/AFP
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