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The US military announced on Tuesday that 5 people were killed in an attack targeting a speedboat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, alleging its involvement in drug smuggling.
This came in a statement published by the US Southern Command via its social media accounts, in which it revealed the details of the operation carried out by US forces within the framework of combating what Washington describes as "drug-related terrorism."
The Command stated: "On October 27, under the supervision of the US Southern Command, the Joint Interagency Task Force South carried out an attack on a speedboat that was operating on a known drug smuggling route in the eastern Pacific Ocean."
It added that "confirmed intelligence information showed the boat was actively involved in drug smuggling."
It explained that the attack resulted in the death of 5 people it described as "drug-related terrorists," without providing further details about their identities or nationalities.
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