US kills 4 alleged drug smugglers on boat in Caribbean, bringing total to 227 in 68 strikes

U.S. Southern Command announced another strike on "narco-terrorists," killing four in the Caribbean, bringing the roughly one-year totals to at least 227 dead among the 68 reported strikes, including back-to-back days after months of calm in the area. "On August 25, under Gen. Donovan’s direction, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean," SOUTHCOM wrote in a Tuesday night X post