US EditionUS Military Conducts 22nd Strike on Alleged Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific, Killing Four People
The 22nd lethal strike killed four suspected narco-terrorists, part of a campaign that has reduced drug trafficking by 91%, U.S. Southern Command said.
- 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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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…
The Pentagon announced that the U.S. Army had another deadly attack on a suspected illegal drug shipment, killing four men in the east of the Pacific, on the basis of increasingly numerous questions about the legality of the attacks, The Guardian writes.
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