U.S. forces carried out another strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing four people as part of a broader boat-strike campaign, officials said.

U.S. forces carried out another strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific on April 14, killing four people, according to U.S. Southern Command.

SOUTHCOM said Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted what it called a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel it described as being on a known narco-trafficking route. The command said four male narco-terrorists were killed and that no U.S. military forces were harmed.

Associated Press and other outlets reported the strike as the latest in a recent series of U.S. attacks on suspected drug boats in the region. Stars and Stripes said the broader campaign’s death toll had reached at least 174.

The strike adds to scrutiny over the U.S. campaign at sea, which has expanded quickly and is drawing attention across Latin America. Officials have not yet publicly released additional evidence in the verified reporting available at publication time.

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