US military says it struck a vessel in Caribbean, killing three

An explosion occurs on a vessel during what the U.S. military says was a kinetic strike on a suspected drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean, at an unidentified location in this screen grab obtained from a video released on February 13, 2026. US Southern Command/Handout via REUTERS

Feb 13 (Reuters) - ⁠The U.S. ⁠military said in a ‌social media post that it had struck a ​vessel in the ⁠Caribbean on ⁠Friday, killing three people, ⁠the ‌latest such incident ⁠in recent months.

President Donald Trump's ​administration ‌has touted its success ⁠at ​taking out suspected drug trafficking vessels ⁠in the area.

The ​military said in a post on X ⁠the vessel was "engaged in narco-trafficking operations."

Reuters could not immediately verify ​the ⁠information.

(Reporting by Ismail Shakil ​and Costas ‌Pitas; Editing ​by Christian Martinez and Chris Reese)