Four suspected drug traffickers were killed in a U.S. strike on a vessel in the Caribbean Sea, according to U.S. Southern Command.

“On September 19, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel’s active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists,” SOUTHCOM said in a statement.