The United States military began executing airstrikes on vessels in the Caribbean Sea in September 2025—positioned by the administration of Donald Trump as a mission to fight maritime drug trafficking in Latin America to the US—and in October, the strikes expanded to include the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The US alleged that the vessels were operated by groups it designated as narcoterrorists, including the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua and the Colombian guerilla group National Liberation Army, but has not publicized any evidence for the allegations