The U.S. military carried out its 22nd strike on a suspected drug-running vessel Thursday, targeting a small boat in the eastern Pacific after nearly a three-week pause, U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said.

The operation is the latest in a campaign of strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific that the Trump administration says are aimed at narcotics traffickers.

Southern Command said four people were killed in the latest strike, bringing the death toll from the series of operations to at least 87 since they began in September. The announcement comes as the administration faces growing scrutiny over a second strike on September 2, amid allegations that U.S. forces killed two survivors who were left floating in the water after the initial explosion.

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