U.S. forces “executed a kinetic strike” on a suspected drug-trafficking boat operating in the Caribbean Sea on Wednesday. Three “narco-terrorists” were killed in the strike, according to a release issued by U.S. Southern Command. It is the first known strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel that killed the occupants aboard in September. 

“On September 9, under the direction of U.S. Southern Command, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean,” the release reads. “Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel’s active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed three narco-terrorists.”