The US Southern Command said it carried out three strikes on vessels in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean, killing 11 men. Four men were killed in the first strike, four more in the second and three in the last, according to the US military.
11 die in strikes
A projectile approaches a vessel during what the US military says was a kinetic strike on a suspected drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean, at an unidentified location in this screen grab obtained from a video released on Feb 13, 2026. US Southern Command/Handout via REUTERS
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