US says it killed five people in strike on alleged drug boat

Latest strike brings death toll of campaign decried as extrajudicial killings to 243 people since September 2025.Published On 27 Oct 202627 Oct 2026The United States military has said that it has killed five people in a strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific, continuing a campaign condemned by legal scholars and rights groups as extrajudicial killings.US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), which oversees military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, said on Tuesday that five people were killed in the strike.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Families of Trinidadian men killed in US boat strike demand accountabilitylist 2 of 3Why is the US sanctioning the International Criminal Court?list 3 of 3Latest US military strike on alleged drug boat kills four in Caribbeanend of list“On October 27, under the direction of SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific,” it said in a social media post. “Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel’s active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed five narco-terrori...