U.S. forces launched a strike May 27, 2026, on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific, killing two, U.S. Southern Command said. (U.S. Southern Command)
U.S. forces launched a strike Wednesday on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific, killing two, U.S. Southern Command said.
SOUTHCOM posted a 13-second video on X showing a boat resting on the water before being struck. No U.S. personnel were harmed in the operation.
A strike launched on Tuesday killed one and left two survivors.
The operations come after the Pentagon’s internal watchdog announced last week that it would launch an investigation into whether the U.S. strikes against drug boats have followed targeting guidelines.
The investigation into Operation Southern Spear, the Pentagon’s name for the campaign against drug trafficking in Latin America, was self-initiated and not in response to a congressional query.
Operation Southern Spear 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. strikes, beginning in early September, have killed at least 196 people in the Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
