US military says it conducted strike on a vessel in eastern Pacific, killing four men

WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Wednesday that it carried out a lethal strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing four men.

“Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” the U.S.

Southern Command said in a post on X.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward and Bhargav Acharya; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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