US military have confirmed fresh strikes on five alleged drug boats which have left at least eight dead. The US Southern Command posted footage of the attacks to social media on Tuesday and Wednesday (30, 31 December), but did not confirm the location of the strikes. Previous operations have taken place in the Caribbean sea and eastern Pacific ocean. Video posted on Tuesday showed a strike on a convoy of three boats travelling along “known narco-trafficking routes” which left three “narco-terrorists” confirmed dead, while others jumped overboard. The second video shows an attack on two more boats US intelligence confirmed were “engaged in narco-trafficking”, which left five more dead.

Latest attacks bring total number of boat strikes to 33 and the number of people killed to at least 112 since September.

According to the US Southern Command, intelligence confirmed the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes and were involved in drug smuggling

The latest strike comes as the US Coast Guard searches for survivors of another that happened a day earlier.

US military have confirmed fresh strikes on five alleged drug boats which have left at least eight dead. The US Southern Command posted footage of the attacks to social media on…

The U.S. military has attacked two more alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Southern Command area of responsibility, though it's unclear where.