更新时间：2026年2月18日 / 美国东部时间上午6:25 / CBS/美联社
美国军方周二表示，其对拉丁美洲水域的3艘涉嫌走私毒品的船只发动了打击，造成11人死亡。这是特朗普政府针对所谓毒贩的数月行动中最致命的一天之一。
周一进行的一系列打击行动使自9月初政府开始以小型船只打击所谓“贩毒恐怖分子”以来的死亡人数至少达到145人。
与军方关于42次已知打击行动的大多数声明一样，美国南方司令部表示，其针对了已知走私路线上的涉嫌毒贩。该司令部称，在东太平洋有两艘各载4人的船只遭到打击，而加勒比海有一艘载3人的船只被击中。
军方未提供船只运载毒品的证据，但在X平台（原推特）上发布了显示船只被摧毁的视频。
美国南方司令部表示，其针对了已知走私路线上的涉嫌毒贩。美国南方司令部
南方司令部发布的视频显示，船只在爆炸吞噬它们并燃起火焰前，要么在移动要么在水中起伏。可以看到人们坐在两艘小型开放式船只中，直到它们被摧毁。
总统唐纳德·特朗普曾表示，美国正与拉丁美洲的贩毒集团处于“武装冲突”状态，并为这些袭击辩护称，这是阻止毒品流入的必要升级措施。
批评人士质疑这些打击行动的整体合法性及其有效性，部分原因是造成许多致命药物过量的芬太尼通常是通过墨西哥陆路贩运到美国的，而墨西哥生产芬太尼所需的化学品来自中国和印度进口。
在军方被曝用后续打击杀死了首次船只袭击中的幸存者后，船只打击行动也遭到强烈批评。特朗普政府和许多共和党议员表示这是合法且必要的，而民主党议员和法律专家则称这些杀戮是谋杀，如果不是战争罪的话。
本月早些时候，美国军方还打击了另一艘涉嫌运毒的船只，造成2人死亡，1人幸存。美国海岸警卫队发言人告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，南方司令部通知他们有一名“遇险人员”。对该人员的搜救行动未成功。
这些袭击发生在美国政府开始进行数十年来最大规模的美军力量在拉丁美洲集结之一的背景下，作为施压运动的一部分，该运动最终以抓获当时的委内瑞拉总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗而达到高潮。在1月3日美军突袭后，他被带到美国面临贩运毒品指控。
世界最大的航空母舰于去年年底被命令前往加勒比海，并于上周被告知前往中东，原因是美伊紧张局势升级。
一名要求匿名的海军官员表示，杰拉尔德·R·福特号航空母舰及其三艘伴随驱逐舰周二正在大西洋中部，不再处于美国南方司令部的行动区域内。
福特号将加强美国在中东的一系列军舰，其中包括亚伯拉罕·林肯号航空母舰。
自马杜罗被捕以来，美军报告了几次船只打击行动，同时美军还扣押了与委内瑞拉有关的油轮，这是特朗普政府控制南美国家石油的更广泛努力的一部分。
大多数民主党议员批评了这些船只打击行动，认为政府没有提供足够证据证明这些船只向美国贩运毒品，并且未能获得国会对军事行动的授权。国会民主党人多次试图限制船只打击行动，但在参众两院均未成功。
U.S. military strikes 3 more alleged drug boats in Latin American waters, killing 11 people
Updated on: February 18, 2026 / 6:25 AM EST / CBS/AP
The U.S. military said Tuesday that it carried out strikes on three boats accused of smuggling drugs in Latin American waters, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest days of the Trump administration’s monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers.
The series of strikes conducted Monday brought the death toll to at least 145 people since the administration began targeting those it calls “narcoterrorists” in small vessels since early September.
Like most of the military’s statements on the 42 known strikes, U.S. Southern Command said it targeted alleged drug traffickers along known smuggling routes. It said two vessels carrying four people each were struck in the eastern Pacific Ocean, while a third boat with three people was hit in the Caribbean Sea.
The military did not provide evidence that the vessels were ferrying drugs but posted videos on X that showed boats being destroyed.
U.S. Soutern Command said it targeted alleged drug traffickers along known smuggling routes. U.S. Soutern Command
The videos posted by Southern Command show the boats either moving or bobbing in the water before the explosions engulf them in flames. People can be seen sitting in two of the small, open vessels before they’re destroyed.
President Donald Trump has said the U.S. is in “armed conflict” with cartels in Latin America and has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs.
Critics have questioned the overall legality of the strikes as well as their effectiveness, in part because the fentanyl behind many fatal overdoses is typically trafficked to the U.S. over land from Mexico, where it is produced with chemicals imported from China and India.
The boat strikes also drew intense criticism following the revelation that the military killed survivors of the very first boat attack with a follow-up strike. The Trump administration and many Republican lawmakers said it was legal and necessary, while Democratic lawmakers and legal experts said the killings were murder, if not a war crime.
Earlier this month, the U.S. military struck another alleged drug-carrying boat, killing two people and leaving one survivor. A U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson told CBS News that Southern Command notified it about a “person in distress.” A search-and-rescue effort for the person was not successful.
The attacks followed the Trump administration beginning one of the largest buildups of U.S. military might in Latin America in generations as part of a pressure campaign that culminated with the capture of then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. He was brought to the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges after a Jan. 3 raid by American forces.
The world’s largest aircraft carrier was ordered to the Caribbean late last year and told last week to head to the Middle East as tensions between the U.S. and Iran grow.
USS Gerald R. Ford and three accompanying destroyers were in the mid-Atlantic on Tuesday and no longer in the U.S. Southern Command’s area of operations, according to a Navy official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss sensitive ship movements.
The Ford will bolster an array of U.S. warships in the Middle East that includes the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier.
Since Maduro’s capture, the U.S. military has reported several boat strikes, while American forces also have seized oil tankers connected with Venezuela as part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to take control of the South American country’s oil.
Most Democratic lawmakers have criticized the boat strikes, arguing the administration hasn’t provided enough evidence that the boats were trafficking drugs to the U.S. and has failed to get authorization from Congress for the military campaign. Several efforts by congressional Democrats to restrict the boat strikes have fallen short in the House and Senate.