The US military's Southern Command, which oversees Latin America and Caribbean operations, carried out a deadly boat strike on Friday. The strike killed three suspected drug smugglers in the Caribbean. The command said, “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.” They shared a video showing a boat exploding after being hit by what looks like a missile. This is the second deadly strike this week. On Monday, a similar strike in the eastern Pacific killed two suspected drug smugglers, with one survivor. Friday's strike brings the total death toll to at least 133 people in 39 strikes, according to Pentagon statements. Most recent strikes happened in the Pacific. This Friday attack is the first in the Caribbean since November. The legality of these strikes faces criticism. Legal experts say these are extrajudicial killings without accountability. The Washington Office on Latin America said, “Those being killed by US military strikes at sea are denied any due process whatsoever.” They also said the Trump administration is “asserting and exercising an apparently unlimited license to kill people that the president deems to be terrorists.” Gen Francis L Donovan was sworn in earlier this month as the new Southern Command head. He replaced Admiral Alvin Holsey, who retired after reported disagreements over the boat-strike policy. This latest strike follows a US attack on Venezuela’s capital in January, where then-president Nicolás Maduro was arrested on drug charges. The Pentagon calls its operations a campaign against “narco-terrorism” but has given little proof of coordinated drug rings.