US military says two men killed in strike on suspected drug vessel in Pacific

The U.S. military carried out a strike on a boat suspected of drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific, killing two men, with no U.S. personnel harmed. Video footage of the operation was released, though its date and location could not be independently verified.

Mahezabin Syed and Jose Pablo Diaz/Reuters

30 December 2025 at 02:36:43

U.S. Military Targets Suspected Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific, Two Killed.

Reuters

The U.S. military said it killed two men in a strike on a boat suspected of carrying drugs in international waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday (December 29).

"Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters," the U.S. Southern Command said in a post on X.

No U.S. personnel were harmed during the operation, the military said.

The post was accompanied by video footage of the strike on a vessel.

Reuters was not able to independently verify the location or the date when the video was filmed. Upon checking this footage, no old results were found.

-Mahezabin Syed and Jose Pablo Diaz