The U.S. military carried out a lethal strike on an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Feb. 9, killing two individuals described by U.S. Southern Command as “narco-terrorists” and leaving one survivor. The video released by Southcom shows multiple strikes on a fast-moving boat operating along known narcotics routes, part of a broader campaign aimed at disrupting maritime drug trafficking. After the engagement, the U.S. Coast Guard was notified to begin search-and-rescue efforts for the survivor. The action is the latest in a controversial series of U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats under the Trump administration, which officials have framed as part of an “armed conflict” against drug cartels and narco-terrorist networks. Critics and legal experts have questioned the lack of publicly released evidence linking these vessels to drug trafficking, describing the strikes as potentially extrajudicial killings.