This marked the second strike in less than a week, following a Feb. 5 operation.
A vessel burns after a U.S. military strike on what is alleged to be a drug vessel in the Eastern Pacific, in an unidentified location, in a screen grab from a video released on Feb. 5, 2026. U.S. Southern Command
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The U.S. military said it carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Feb. 9, killing two traffickers and leaving one survivor.
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said in a statement on X that intelligence confirmed the boat was run by a designated terrorist organization and was traversing known drug-trafficking routes.
Aldgra Fredly is a freelance writer covering U.S. and Asia Pacific news for The Epoch Times.
