The Navy is holding two survivors of a U.S. attack on a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean, according to two government officials.

The two survivors were on board a boat that the U.S. military attacked on Thursday, according to the two officials who spoke to The Intercept on the condition of anonymity. They are being held on a warship and are believed to be the first prisoners of the Trump administration’s undeclared war against undisclosed “narcoterrorist” groups.

Prior to Thursday’s strike, the Trump administration had disclosed five attacks that had killed at least 27 people in the Caribbean. Each strike had been accompanied with a short aerial video posted to social media showing an explosion and the vessel bursting into flames.

Thursday’s strike reportedly killed two or more people, the officials said.

The people are believed to be the first two prisoners of the Trump administration’s undeclared war against “narcoterrorist” groups.

Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson did not respond to questions about the Thursday attack and under what authorities the prisoners are being held.

“Given that there is no armed conflict, there is no basis to hold these survivors as law of war detainees,” Brian Finucane, a former State Department lawyer who is a specialist in counterterrorism issues and the laws of war, told The Intercept. “The Trump........

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