?U.S. U.S. Southern Command announced on Sunday that forces had killed 'three men who the military described as 'illicit drug smugglers.

* 'Southern Command' posted a video it?claimed was of the strike - on social media platform X. It showed an exploding?small?boat traveling _on open water.

Southern Command stated that the boat was travelling on "known narcotrafficking routes" in the Caribbean.

Last month, a senior U.S. official said that the U.S. Military has killed '157 suspected members or affiliates of drug -trafficking organizations in 45 strikes on vessels in the Western Hemisphere. (Reporting? by Katie?Paul, New York; Editing?by Sergio Non and Stephen Coates).

(source: Reuters)