US EditionUS Military Conducts 22nd Strike on Alleged Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific, Killing Four People
The US military's ongoing campaign has destroyed 23 vessels and killed at least 87 suspected drug traffickers since September, aiming to disrupt narcotics routes in the eastern Pacific.
- Yesterday, U.S. Southern Command said Joint Task Force Southern Spear, at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's direction, killed four people in its 22nd strike in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
- Beginning with a Sept. 2 strike, intelligence officials tracked the vessel along a known narco-trafficking route, and it was linked to a Designated Terrorist Organization, resuming after nearly three weeks.
- A short video released by SOUTHCOM shows the small boat exploding and burning in smoke, while Adm. Frank "Mitch" Bradley briefed lawmakers in classified sessions denying any 'kill them all' order; lawmakers gave differing accounts of survivors' distress.
- Congressional inquiries by the U.S. House and Senate have opened scrutiny into the September strikes, legal experts warn targeting survivors may violate armed conflict laws, and Colombia and Britain have limited intelligence sharing amid tensions with Venezuela.
- Congress has not authorised the specific use of military force for these maritime strikes, raising authority questions, while President Donald Trump’s administration calls it a war on 'narco-terrorists' and United Nations experts criticize the attacks.
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According to the US military, another suspected drug boat sank in the East Pacific and killed the four people on board.
U.S. Strikes Another Alleged Narco Boat
The American military carried out an air strike Thursday on a drug boat in the Pacific. U.S. Southern Command announced the results of the attack on social media, adding that the strike killed four men and destroyed the vessel. The Trump administration has made destroying drug transportation networks in the western hemisphere a priority, including by destroying boats that U.S. intelligence has determined are involved in narcotrafficking. Most of…
U.S. Military Strike Kills Four Narco‑Terrorists, Destroys Drug Vessel in Eastern Pacific
U.S. Southern Command announced Friday that American forces carried out a lethal kinetic strike in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four suspected narco‑terrorists and destroying their heavily laden smuggling vessel. The attack, directed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth under Operation Southern Spear, marks the 22nd strike against cartel‑linked traffickers in international waters and brings the total number of narco‑terrorists killed to nearly…
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