Overview
- US Southern Command said it carried out a targeted strike on a vessel it described as operating on a known drug route and run by organizations it designates as terrorist.
- The command released a video purporting to show the boat exploding after the attack.
- Official figures cited in the latest reporting put the cumulative death toll from these maritime strikes at least at 145 since last autumn.
- Critics contend the operations violate international law and have described them as extrajudicial killings, and some families of victims have filed lawsuits against the US government.
- The military reported that no American personnel were injured in the latest operation.