SVG fishermen on edge after lethal kinetic strike on vessel in ‘SVG waters’ 

By Admin. Updated 9:26 p.m., Sunday, 15 February 2026, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).

Some fishermen across St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) say they are on edge after witnessing a large explosion in the Caribbean Sea.

Fishermen in the Southern Grenadines reported the blast on Friday, February 13, 2026, with a second incident occurring on the same day between St. Vincent and St. Lucia.

The first strike occurred North East of Canouan, several miles out.

The second reported incident, believed to be a strike, is reported to have taken place North East of Owia, St. Vincent. The second incident involved a small vessel with 2 – 115hp Yamaha engines and two 2 persons on the boat. Both individuals are still missing. 

Details of the incidents remain under investigation, but the United States Southern Command has confirmed conducting a one fatal kinetic strike in the Caribbean Sea on Friday, 13 February.

On its official website and Facebook page, the U.S. Southern Command stated: “On Feb. 13, at the direction of the commander of U.S. Southern Command, Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations.”

“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” the Southern Command reported.

“Three narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed,” it said.

Mystery, however, surrounds the second incident which was not reported by the U.S. authorities. Wreckage and body parts found floating in waters between SVG and St. Lucia have raised questions about whether the vessel suffered a kinetic strike, and if so, whether some strikes go unreported.

The wreckage of the vessel discovered in those waters indicates that it was a St. Lucian vessel.

See the video of the second vessel on our WhatsApp channel.

The U.S. has conducted what it describes as “narcotics trafficking strikes” in the Caribbean Sea since 2025, as part of an operation to stymie narcotics trafficking from Venezuela.

In September 2025, The Guardian reported that Trinidadian fishers fear getting caught in the crossfire amid Trump’s Caribbean ‘war on drugs’.

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