The US army says one individual survived the strike on the vessel and that the coastguard has been notified.
Printed On 10 Feb 2026
America army has attacked a ship within the jap Pacific Ocean, killing two folks, and notifying the US coastguard that one individual survived the strike.
The US Southern Command, which oversees army operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, mentioned the “deadly kinetic strike” was carried out on Monday in opposition to a vessel, which it alleged was concerned in drug trafficking with out offering any proof.
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“Two narco-terrorists had been killed and one survived the strike. Following the engagement, US SOUTHCOM instantly notified U.S. Coast Guard to activate the Search and Rescue system for the survivor,” the army mentioned.
Final week, the US claimed duty for killing two people in an earlier assault within the jap Pacific, bringing to 3 the variety of assaults Washington has ordered on vessels since its forces kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro throughout a bloody nighttime raid on the capital, Caracas, in early January.
In line with displays and tallies stored by media organisations, the US has now carried out some 37 assaults in opposition to 39 vessels within the jap Pacific and Caribbean Ocean, killing not less than 130 folks, together with the most recent killings on Monday.
SOUTHCOM didn’t present particulars on the medical situation of the survivor from Monday’s assault, nor the probabilities of the individual’s rescue by the US coastguard and the chance of their survival.
The US seems undeterred in finishing up its lethal operations in worldwide waters off Latin America, regardless of authorized students, rights staff and regional leaders accusing the US of extrajudicial killing by appearing because the choose, jury and executioner in instances of individuals suspected of drug trafficking.
Officers within the administration of US President Donald Trump have already come below scrutiny for studies that the primary such assault, which befell in September 2025, included a follow-up strike that killed survivors who had been clinging to the wreckage of a ship.
Authorized consultants mentioned the US military committed a crime if it killed the survivors of a shipwreck .
SOUTHCOM launched a 10-second video of the air strike on Monday. Within the video, a small, motorised boat may be seen within the army’s crosshairs earlier than it’s hit, triggering an explosion seconds later.
A number of the boat’s construction seems to stay intact after the explosion, though the vessel slows down.
