US Coast Guard suspends search for survivors after strike on suspected drug vessels


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  • Saturday, 03 Jan 2026

A still image taken from the U.S. Southern Command X feed shows a vessel they accuse of narco-trafficking, released on December 31, 2025. U.S. Southern Command/Handout via REUTERS

Jan 2 (Reuters) - ‌The United States Coast ‌Guard said on Friday it ‌had suspended a search for people in the water in the aftermath ‍of a U.S. military ‍strike earlier ‌in the week on a convoy ‍of ​suspected drug vessels in the Pacific Ocean.

"The ⁠U.S. Coast Guard coordinated more ‌than 65 hours of search efforts, ⁠covering more ‍than 1,090 nautical miles under favorable visual conditions, with ‍no sightings of survivors ‌or debris," it said in a statement.

On Wednesday, the U.S. military's Southern Command said five people were killed in a strike launched on two vessels, ‌revised down from an earlier count of three, but did not ​indicate the location.

(Reporting by Anusha Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

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