US military says it struck vessel in eastern Pacific, killing two


  • World
  • Saturday, 24 Jan 2026

Jan ‌23 (Reuters) - The U.S. ‌Southern Command ‌said on Friday it carried out a ‍strike on ‍a vessel ‌in the eastern ‍Pacific, killing ​two people.

"Intelligence ⁠confirmed the vessel was ‌transiting along known narco-trafficking ⁠routes ‍in the Eastern Pacific ‍and was engaged ‌in narco-trafficking operations. Two narco-terrorists were killed and one survived the strike," the ‌military said in a post ​on X.

(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya in Toronto;)

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