3 Killed in US Strike on Suspected Drug Boat in Caribbean

A US military strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific killed three men on Friday, according to officials.

The operation is part of an ongoing campaign by the United States targeting boats suspected of smuggling narcotics across the Pacific and Caribbean regions.

United States Southern Command said the vessel was involved in drug-trafficking activities, although authorities did not publicly provide evidence supporting the allegation.

The strikes have drawn criticism from human rights experts and United Nations officials, who have questioned the legality of the operations and described them as potential extrajudicial killings.

According to reports, at least 198 people have been killed in similar US anti-drug interdiction strikes in recent months.