A suspected drug-smuggling vessel was wiped out in a lethal U.S. military strike Wednesday in the Eastern Pacific, killing three alleged “narco-terrorists” aboard, according to the Department of War.

Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere carried out the Sept. 9 strike under the direction of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) after intelligence allegedly tied the vessel to drug trafficking.

“Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel’s active involvement in narco-trafficking,” the department said in a post on X. “The operation killed three narco-terrorists.”

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