US Operations Kill 11 in Suspected Drug-Trafficking Boats in Pacific and Caribbean

U.S. forces killed eleven suspected drug traffickers in coordinated maritime operations, marking one of the deadliest counter-narcotics actions this year.

According to Reuters, the strikes occurred Monday in separate operations targeting vessels suspected of trafficking drugs across maritime smuggling routes.

U.S. Southern Command said four men were killed in the first Pacific operation, four in a second Pacific encounter, and three during a Caribbean interception.

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