New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that America had struck a vessel that he said was carrying illegal drugs under the area of responsibility of the US Southern Command, the latest attack in the region.

At least three suspected were killed in the attack

The latest "lethal kinetic strike", at least the third in the month of September against alleged drug-carrying vessels, comes against the backdrop of a major US military buildup in the southern Caribbean.

Donald Trump shared a video of the strike, showing US military aircraft attacking the vessel and destroying three.

In a social media post, Trump said that the US received intelligence about the boat trafficking illicit narcotics via a known route, afte...