Florida, Feb. 6 -- United States military's Southern Command on Thursday said that it had conducted a "lethal kinetic strike" on a vessel allegedly engaged in trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people.

The Southern Command in a post on social media X said that the vessel, which was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes, was engaged in narco-trafficking operations."

"Two narco-terrorists were killed during this action," the US Southern Command said about the strike that took place on February 5.

The mission was conducted by Southern Command Commander Gen Francis L Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear.

"Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eas...