Overview
- Defense Minister Pete Hegseth said the attack occurred in international waters and left two men dead.
- A video he posted on X appears to show an airstrike striking the vessel, followed by a fireball and a burning boat.
- Hegseth described the dead as 'narco-terrorists' and said the craft was on a known smuggling route, offering no disclosed intelligence.
- The operation is the latest in a series of U.S. actions in the Caribbean and Pacific that reporting says have killed more than 60 people in recent weeks.
- UN human-rights experts and Latin American governments, including Venezuela and Colombia, condemn the killings as violations of international law.