WASHINGTON - The US military said it killed two alleged drug traffickers in a strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific on Jan 23, while the Coast Guard was searching for a third person who survived.

“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said in a post on X that included a clip of a multi-engined boat being smashed by an explosion.