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Incident Date
30 December 2025
Incident Code
USMAR251230a
Location
about 400 NM southwest of the Mexico-Guatemala border, Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean
On December 30, 2025, the United States military carried out kinetic strikes on three vessels in international waters allegedly affiliated with “Designated Terrorist Organizations,” reportedly killing three people described as “narco-terrorists” while eight other people described as "narco-terrorists" abandoned their vessels but were not rescued during U.S. Coast Guard searches. U.S. Southern Command did not…
Summary
Published
21 January 2026
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Boat
)
Estimated fatalities
3–11
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
,
Denial of access to/destruction of objects indispensable to survival
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
29 December 2025
Incident Code
USMAR251229a
Location
Eastern Pacific, Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean
On December 29, 2025, the United States military carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel allegedly affiliated with “Designated Terrorist Organizations,” reportedly killing two men described as “narco-terrorists” in international waters in the Eastern Pacific. This strike was announced by U.S. Southern Command @Southcom on Twitter/X on December 29th. The statement detailed that…
Summary
Published
21 January 2026
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Boat
)
Estimated fatalities
2
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
22 December 2025
Incident Code
USMAR251222a
Location
Eastern Pacific, Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean
On December 22, 2025, the United States military carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a "low-profile vessel" allegedly affiliated with “Designated Terrorist Organizations,” reportedly killing one man described as a “narco-terrorist” in international waters in the Eastern Pacific. This strike was announced by U.S. Southern Command @Southcom on Twitter/X on December 22nd. The statement…
Summary
Published
21 January 2026
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Boat
)
Estimated fatalities
1
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date
18 December 2025
Incident Code
USMAR251218a
Location
Pacific Ocean
On December 18, 2025, the United States military carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel allegedly affiliated with “a Designated Terrorist Organization,” reportedly killing three men described as “narco-terrorists” in international waters in the Eastern Pacific. This strike was announced as one of two strikes on vessels in a statement published by @Southcom…
Summary
Published
23 December 2025
Strike Type
Airstrike
Infrastructure
Vehicle
(
Boat
)
Estimated fatalities
3
Causes of Death / Injury
Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
Military Actor
U.S. Forces
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Research and Investigations
3 Nov, 2025
Research
Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea
Methodology note: U.S. military in Latin America and the Caribbean
In September 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump launched a campaign of military strikes on supposed “narco-terrorists” in small boats, initially in the Caribbean Sea and later in the Pacific. Accusing those on the boats of smuggling drugs bound for the United States, the campaign marked a significant shift in U.S. policy – with the United […]
