US strikes drug trafficking vessel in Pacific Ocean, killing three people

The US struck a ship allegedly belonging to drug traffickers in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) noted, Report informs.

"Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations," the command said in a statement on its X page.

Three people were killed in the strike. No US servicemen were injured.

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