New Delhi, May 9 -- The US military's recently attack on a suspected drug-trafficking boat as a part of its counterterrorism effort. The latest strike happened on Friday when the vessel was navigating through the eastern Pacific Ocean. In the attack, two people onboard the boat were killed but one survived.

The US Southern Command shared a video and in a post on X stated, "On May 8, 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."

It added, "Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations....