<p class="speakable">The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced Friday that the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/military" rel="noopener" target="_blank">U.S. military</a> carried out an operation targeting suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean, leaving three people dead.</p><p class="speakable">"On Feb. 13, 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," SOUTHCOM said in a post on X.</p><p>Aerial footage posted by SOUTHCOM shows the vessel being struck.</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>US MILITARY LAUNCHES DEADLY STRIKE ON DRUG-TRAFFICKING VESSEL IN THE PACIFIC, LEAVING 2 DEAD AND 1 SURVIVOR</strong></a></p><p>"Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations," the joint command added in the post.</p><p>Three narco-terrorists were killed during the operation, the joint command said.</p><p>No U.S. military personnel were harmed in the operation, the command added.</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><i>This is a developing story; check back for updates.</i></p>