<p class="speakable">U.S. forces launched a deadly operation <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/world-regions/caribbean-region" rel="noopener" target="_blank">in the Caribbean</a> on Monday, striking a suspected narco-trafficking vessel tied to designated terrorist organizations, officials said.</p><p class="speakable">The mission, carried out by Joint Task Force Southern Spear under the direction of SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, left three alleged narco-terrorists dead and no U.S. personnel injured, according to U.S. Southern Command.</p><p>That announcement was detailed in a statement posted to X:</p><p>"On Feb. 23, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations," U.S. Southern Command posted on X. "Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/terrorism/narco-terror" rel="noopener" target="_blank">narco-trafficking operations</a>. Three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed."</p><p>The strike comes two days after SOUTHCOM <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-military-kills-3-latest-strike-suspected-drug-vessel-pacific" rel="noopener" target="_blank">struck another suspected drug vessel</a>, but in the Pacific Ocean, which was the fourth to occur last week.</p><p>"Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/terror/counter-terrorism" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> narco-trafficking</a> routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations," SOUTHCOM said on X. "Three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed." </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/coast-guard-searches-survivors-us-strikes-suspected-narco-terrorist-vessels-eastern-pacific" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>COAST GUARD SEARCHES FOR SURVIVORS AFTER US STRIKES SUSPECTED NARCO-TERRORIST VESSELS IN EASTERN PACIFIC</strong></a></p><p>The U.S. has now carried out at least 43 strikes on alleged drug-smuggling vessels, killing 150 people in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.</p><p>SOUTHCOM is responsible for military operations in Central and South America and the Caribbean, including counter-narcotics missions focused on disrupting drug trafficking networks that threaten U.S. interests.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/u-s-military-launches-deadly-strike-drug-trafficking-vessel-pacific-leaving-2-dead-1-survivor" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong><u>US MILITARY LAUNCHES DEADLY STRIKE ON DRUG-TRAFFICKING VESSEL IN THE PACIFIC, LEAVING 2 DEAD AND 1 SURVIVOR</u></strong></a></p><p>Earlier last week, SOUTHCOM announced it had <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-kills-11-3-strikes-alleged-drug-running-boats" rel="noopener" target="_blank">carried out three strikes</a> in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean, killing 11.</p><p>"Eleven male narco-terrorists were killed during these actions, 4 on the first vessel in the Eastern Pacific, 4 on the second vessel in the Eastern Pacific, and 3 on the third vessel in the Caribbean," it said.</p><p><a href="https://foxnews.onelink.me/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP</strong></a></p><p>No American forces were harmed in those operations either, according to the command.</p><p><i>Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman-Diamond contributed to this report.</i></p>