Over the weekend, a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster transported and distributed aid to Medellín and Bogotá, the country’s capital, as part of ongoing U.S. relief efforts.

The official toll stood at 1,943 people killed and 10,571 injured as of Tuesday.

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser was deployed to the Caribbean Sea as part of Operation Southern Spear.

The death toll of the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes rose to 1,430 as of Saturday morning. Family members had reported at least 68,900 people missing.

The drugs, 7,720 pounds of cocaine and 4,000 pounds of marijuana, were seized in three separate incidents in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

U.S. forces have launched an operation to assist disaster relief efforts in Venezuela, which was hit this week by devastating earthquakes, U.S. Southern Command said.

The attack raises the death toll from the U.S. strikes to least 211 since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls “narcoterrorists” in early September.

Operation Pacific Viper has cracked down on drug operations in the Eastern Pacific since August 2025.

The U.S. strikes that began in early September have killed at least 208 people in the Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Sailors and Marines of the USS Iwo Jima reunited with their loved ones on the pier at Naval Station Norfolk after a lengthy deployment in the Caribbean Sea.