US says it struck another vessel in eastern Pacific, killing three

The U.S. military said on Saturday it had carried out a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific killing three men, the second strike in as many days.

U.S. Southern Command said in a post on X that intelligence had confirmed that the vessel was transiting along "narco-trafficking" routes in the eastern Pacific, engaged in "narco-trafficking" operations.

"Three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed," it said.

This is the latest such incident over the last few months.

(Reporting by Ruchika Khanna in Bengaluru; Editing by William Mallard)

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This story was originally published May 30, 2026 at 9:29 PM.