WorldSecurity and defence
U.S. military says strike killed four in Caribbean; rights groups allege unlawful killings
The U.S. military said a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean killed four people, describing them as narco-terrorists. Human rights groups and U.N. experts called the strikes unlawful extrajudicial killings.
The U.S. military said on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, that four people were killed in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean. The U.S. Southern Command said in a post on X that confirmed intelligence showed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking and that the operation killed four narco-terrorists. The post did not identify the individuals or give a precise location, saying only that the vessel was operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean.
Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and independent U.N. experts have called the strikes unlawful extrajudicial killings. The U.S. military described the action as part of a series of attacks targeting narco-terrorists, but no further details about the vessel, the identities of those killed, or the exact circumstances of the strike were provided.
WorldSecurity and defence
U.S. military says strike killed four in Caribbean; rights groups allege unlawful killings
The U.S. military said a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean killed four people, describing them as narco-terrorists. Human rights groups and U.N. experts called the strikes unlawful extrajudicial killings.
The U.S. military said on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, that four people were killed in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean. The U.S. Southern Command said in a post on X that confirmed intelligence showed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking and that the operation killed four narco-terrorists. The post did not identify the individuals or give a precise location, saying only that the vessel was operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean.
Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and independent U.N. experts have called the strikes unlawful extrajudicial killings. The U.S. military described the action as part of a series of attacks targeting narco-terrorists, but no further details about the vessel, the identities of those killed, or the exact circumstances of the strike were provided.