On September 9, under the direction of 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 statment from the U.S. Southern Command.
Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed three narco-terrorists.
This is the first reported deadly strike on a drug boat since August 25, according to the U.S. Southern Command.