2 dead after U.S. strike on alleged drug boat in Eastern Pacific
Posted on: Jan 24, 2026 05:05 IST | Posted by: Cbc
The U.S. War machine said fri that it has carried come out a lifelessly walk out on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the first known attack since the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month.
U.S. Southern Command said on social media that the boat was "engaged in narco-trafficking operations" and that the strike killed two people and left one survivor. It said it notified the U.S. Coast Guard to launch search and rescue operations for that person.
A video accompanying the post shows a boat moving through the water before exploding in flames.
On Jan. 23, at the direction of <a href="https://twitter.com/SecWar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecWar</a> Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern… <a href="https://t.co/BzeBBapfMQ">pic.twitter.com/BzeBBapfMQ</a>
The U.S. Military has focused lately on seizing sanctioned oil tankers with connections to Venezuela since the Trump administration launched an audacious raid to capture Maduro and bring him to New York to face drug trafficking charges.
The last boat strikes occurred in late December, when the military said it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days, killing a total of eight people, while others jumped overboard. Days later, the Coast Guard suspended its search.
The U.S. Conducted a "large-scale strike" in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, on Jan. 3 that led to the capture of Maduro and his wife, who were then flown to New York to face federal drug trafficking charges.
Maduro, before his capture, said the U.S. Military operations were a thinly veiled effort to oust him from power.
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that the U.S. Strikes targeting alleged smugglers are having an enormous impact on slowing drug trafficking routes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
"We've stopped — virtually stopped almost 100 per cent of all drugs coming in by water," Trump said in remarks on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland.
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