The US Southern Command issued a statement on the 9th saying that it attacked a so-called “drug trafficking ship” in the Caribbean Sea on the same day, causing the death of 3 people on board. The statement said that the US military's “Western Hemisphere Joint Task Force” attacked “speedboats operating on established drug trafficking routes in the Caribbean.” Intelligence showed that “the ship is participating in drug trafficking activities.” Since the beginning of September 2025, the US military has carried out numerous attacks on so-called “drug carriers” alleged by the US side in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific, but the US side has never released any evidence that can prove that the target of its attack was involved in drugs.

The US Southern Command issued a statement on the 9th saying that it attacked a so-called “drug trafficking ship” in the Caribbean Sea on the same day, causing the death of 3 people on board. The statement said that the US military's “Western Hemisphere Joint Task Force” attacked “speedboats operating on established drug trafficking routes in the Caribbean.” Intelligence showed that “the ship is participating in drug trafficking activities.” Since the beginning of September 2025, the US military has carried out numerous attacks on so-called “drug carriers” alleged by the US side in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific, but the US side has never released any evidence that can prove that the target of its attack was involved in drugs.