WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (Reuters) – The United States Coast Guard is searching for survivors of a U.S. military strike against a convoy of suspected drug vessels in the Pacific Ocean, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
The Trump administration has carried out more than 30 strikes against suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific since September in a campaign that has killed at least 110 people.
In a statement, the U.S. military’s Southern Command said the military had carried out a strike against three vessels.
“Three narco-terrorists aboard the first vessel were killed in the first engagement. The remaining narco-terrorists abandoned the other two vessels, jumping overboard and distancing themselves before follow-on engagements sank their respective vessels,” Southern Command wrote on X.
A U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said eight people had abandoned their vessels and were being searched for.
The Coast Guard told Reuters it had deployed a C-130 aircraft to look for survivors and was working with vessels in the area.
(Reporting by Idrees Ali and Jasper Ward in Washington; Editing by Rod Nickel)
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