The US military said one person was killed in the strike against a "drug trafficking ship" in the East Pacific.

he US Southern Command issued a statement on the 16th saying that the US military launched an attack on a "drug smuggling ship" in the eastern Pacific Ocean that day, resulting in one death on board the ship. The statement said that under the command of the commander of the US Southern Command, Francis Donovan, the US "Southern Spear" Joint Special Operations Task Force conducted strikes on a ship operated by a "designated terrorist organization," killing one male on board, with no US military casualties.