U.S. forces conducted a strike on a boat in the Caribbean Sea on May 4, 2026, killing two people, according to U.S. Southern Command. (U.S. Southern Command)
U.S. forces on Monday conducted a strike on a boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing two people, according to U.S. Southern Command.
“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narcotrafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narcotrafficking operations,” SOUTHCOM said.
SOUTHCOM did not provide evidence that the vessel was ferrying drugs. It posted a 15-second video that showed a small boat being blown up as it moved on the water.
No U.S. forces were harmed in the operation.
Operation Southern Spear, the Pentagon’s name for the campaign against drug trafficking in Latin America, has continued despite the U.S. military’s focus on the Middle East. Strikes under the operation have increased in frequency in recent weeks after a relative lull that followed the capture of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in January.
The U.S. has conducted more than 50 strikes, which began in early September, and killed at least 188 people in total in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
