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U.S. Southern Command says forces struck narcotics-linked vessel in eastern Pacific, two killed

Office of Cuba Broadcasting / Radio Marti · February 10, 2026

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U.S. Southern Command reported a kinetic strike on Feb. 9 against a vessel it described as narcotrafficking-linked, leaving two dead and one survivor; the operation was part of Operation Lanza del Sur, the bulletin said.

U.S. Southern Command reported that U.S. forces conducted a lethal kinetic strike on Feb. 9 against a vessel the command characterized as operated by organizations designated as terrorist and involved in narcotrafficking in the eastern Pacific. The bulletin said the operation, part of Operation Lanza del Sur, left two people dead and one survivor.

Southern Command said intelligence indicated the vessel was engaged in illicit trafficking and was operating on known narcotrafficking routes; the command described the action as designed to disrupt flows to Central America, the Caribbean and the United States. The bulletin named the operation and quoted the commands claims; it did not include independent confirmation of the vessels ownership or the identities of those aboard.

Radio Marti placed the strike in the broader context of regional counter-narcotics operations and said the operation is led under the commands broader campaign objectives.