A screenshot from footage of a boat strike targeting drug trafficking in the Eastern Pacific on April 26, 2026. U.S. Southern Command
The U.S. military launched a kinetic strike targeting a boat that it stated was ferrying drugs in the Eastern Pacific on April 26, killing three people onboard, according to U.S. Southern Command.
Footage posted by Southern Command on X showed the vessel moving rapidly before it was struck and engulfed in flames.
