24 Jan 202609:22 AM
Watch: US strikes boat, two dead
The U.S. military said it killed two individuals suspected of drug trafficking in a strike targeting a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

According to the U.S. military, the Coast Guard is searching for a third person who survived the strike.

The strike marks the first known attack since the raid that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month.

A post by U.S. Southern Command on X stated: “Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was following a known drug trafficking route in the eastern Pacific and was involved in drug trafficking operations.”

Video footage showed the boat moving in the water before it exploded.