A U.S. military strike killed two people aboard a vessel allegedly operated by designated terrorist organizations involved in narcotics trafficking, according to a statement released Thursday by U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).

“Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations,” SOUTHCOM said. The command stated that intelligence confirmed the vessel was traveling along known narco-trafficking routes in the eastern Pacific and was actively engaged in drug trafficking operations at the time of the strike.

Southern Command described those killed as “narco-terrorists” and said no U.S. military personnel were injured during the operation. Additional details about the vessel, including its flag or origin, were not immediately released.

The strike is part of a broader counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism campaign launched in September targeting maritime trafficking networks linked to designated terrorist organizations operating in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific regions.

Since the campaign began, U.S. forces have conducted strikes against at least 38 vessels, according to figures released by Southern Command. Those operations have resulted in 124 deaths. Of the vessels targeted, 27 were operating in the Pacific Ocean and 11 in the Caribbean.

SOUTHCOM has emphasized that the operations are based on intelligence identifying vessels as actively involved in narco-trafficking and connected to terrorist organizations, and that the strikes are conducted to disrupt illicit drug flows and associated criminal networks.

The most recent strike prior to Thursday’s operation was reported on Jan. 23, when Southern Command said it targeted a single vessel as part of the same ongoing campaign.

U.S. officials have repeatedly warned that transnational drug trafficking organizations pose a direct threat to U.S. national security, particularly when tied to groups designated as terrorist organizations. Southern Command has not indicated whether additional strikes are imminent but said operations will continue as intelligence warrants.