On October 4, under the direction of the U.S. Southrn Command, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean, according to a statement of the the U.S. Southern Command. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists.
This is the third reported deadly strike on a drug boat since August 25, according to the U.S. Southern Command. On September 9 and 19, similar strikes in the Caribbean killed a total of seven.