US military says it killed four in strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean

U.S. Southern Command announced that the Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel in the Caribbean on September 19. The operation targeted a boat operating along established narco-trafficking routes, resulting in the deaths of four suspected narco-terrorists. While SOUTHCOM cited confirmed intelligence, other reports note a lack of provided evidence regarding the drugs. This attack increases the total number of people killed in U.S. military boat strikes to at least 231.