Watch: US launch fresh strike on five more alleged drug boats in undisclosed location
US military releases footage of fatal ‘drug boat’ strikes
- The US military has confirmed new strikes on five suspected drug boats, resulting in at least eight fatalities.
- US Southern Command released video footage of the attacks on social media on Tuesday and Wednesday, 30 and 31 December.
- The precise location of the strikes was not disclosed, though previous operations have occurred in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.
- One video showed a strike on a convoy of three boats travelling along "known narco-trafficking routes," with three "narco-terrorists" confirmed dead.
- A second video depicted an attack on two further boats, which US intelligence said were "engaged in narco-trafficking," leading to five additional deaths.