Thursday's operation is part of a broader campaign that has also included strikes on alleged drug-running boats that have left more than 200 people dead since last year.
The US military says it killed two people in a strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific, amid growing legal and human-rights concerns over the campaign.
A black and white video posted on X showed a boat speeding through the water before being struck by a visible projectile and then bursting into flames.
President Donald Trump said the US is in an armed conflict with Latin American cartels and argued that the attacks are necessary to curb drug trafficking and overdose deaths in the United States.
The latest attack brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the US military to at least 208 since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls "narcoterrorists" in ...
