U.S. carries out more strikes on alleged drug boats, killing 3

The U.S. military, which has attacked at least 30 vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific since September, did not specify where the new strikes took place.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Wednesday that it had carried out strikes against five more vessels it said were engaged in drug trafficking, killing eight people in all.

U.S. Southern Command said in a statement Wednesday night that two vessels were struck earlier in the day, killing three people in one boat and two in the other. It called them "narco-terrorists."

The statement did not say where the strikes took place.

"Intelligence confirmed the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes and engaged in narco-trafficking," U.S. Southern Command said in a post on social media, which included a video.

Earlier Wednesday, it said the U.S. military conducted strikes against three suspected drug boats Tuesday, killing three people.