The U.S. military announced yesterday, Wednesday, that three people were killed in a strike against a speedboat in the Caribbean, the latest in a series of similar strikes over the past year against “drug terrorists,” according to Washington’s terminology, the legality of which is disputed by nongovernmental human rights organizations.
The Joint Command of the U.S. Armed Forces responsible for the Latin America and Caribbean region (SOUTHCOM, “Southern Command”) reported via X that it had launched a “lethal” raid against “a speedboat traveling along known (maritime) drug trafficking routes,” citing “confirmed intelligence” that the vessel was engaged in this activity, without providing any further details.
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The same source reported that three people, described as “mine terrorists,” were killed. It provided a 10-second black-and-white, “declassified” video showing the explosion of the vessel.
According to Washington, operations of this nature, which have been underway since September 2025, are intended to stop the shipment of drugs to the U.S. market by sea.
According to figures from the U.S. military itself, at least 230 people have been killed in bombings in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
However, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has never presented evidence that the vessels targeted in the bombings were in fact involved in drug trafficking orany other illegal activity. Non-governmental organizations, such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, as well as independent UN experts, emphasize that the U.S. military’s bombings of civilians violate international law and denounce the commission of extrajudicial killings.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), an organization that defends civil and political liberties, recently characterized the Trump administration’s accusations against the people it is targeting “unsubstantiated claims” designed to “instill fear” in Americans.
Source: APE – MPE
