The U.S. Southern Command released on Thursday (October 30) a video reportedly showing marines during live-fire boat operations in the Caribbean Sea.

According to authorities, the marine presence aims to "disrupt illicit drug trafficking".

There has been a U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean that includes guided-missile destroyers, F-35 fighter jets, a nuclear submarine, and thousands of troops.

There has been at least 10 strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific since early September, in a campaign that has raised U.S. tensions with Venezuela and Colombia.

The Pentagon has provided little information about any of the strikes, including the quantity of drugs the boats allegedly carried and the identities of those killed.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

GIVEN AS CARIBBEAN SEA (RELEASED OCTOBER 30, 2025) (U.S. MARINE CORPS VIA U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND - No resale)

1. VARIOUS OF MARINES ON FAST BOAT

2. VARIOUS OF MARINE FIRING

3. VARIOUS OF MARINE FIRING AT FLOATING OBJECT

4. MARINE BOATS

5. MARINE ON BOAT, WITH U.S. MILITARY SHIP SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND