February 10, 2026
The United States military stated that it carried out a strike targeting a boat carrying suspected drug smugglers in the eastern Pacific. The strike resulted in two casualties, and the US Coast Guard was called to search for the lone survivor of the attack. The strike is part of the anti-drug trafficking operations by the US military in Latin America and the Caribbean. Additionally, the US military also boarded a sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean suspected of bypassing the oil sanctions imposed on Venezuela.