The US military is holding two survivors on a Navy ship after the US carried out a Thursday strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, according to three US officials.

The Trump administration has in recent weeks launched other strikes on boats allegedly connected to Venezuelan drug cartels, but until Thursday, there had been no survivors.

U.S. military drone strike destroyed a drug-smuggling submersible in the Caribbean Thursday, leaving 2 to 3 survivors in the water, a U.S. official tells Fox News.

The announcement of Adm. Alvin Holsey's departure comes less than one year after he took over as commander of U.S. Southern Command.

A top military official leading Donald Trump’s war on drugs is stepping down early. Adml Alvin Holsey, who as head of the US Southern Command has overseen the administration’s strikes on Venezuelan drug boats, will retire just over a year into what is normally a three-year term.

For the first time, one of the 27 people killed in U.S. airstrikes on suspected drug vessels has been publicly identified.

After touting the success of recent military strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean that killed dozens, President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday he is considering land strikes in Venezuela or elsewhere as a way of further targeting alleged shipments of illegal drugs.