US military posts video of deadly strike against suspected drug boat in the Pacific
- On Wednesday, May 27, Southern Command launched a lethal kinetic strike in the Eastern Pacific, killing two men aboard a vessel suspected of transiting known narco-trafficking routes.
- President Donald Trump's Operation Southern Spear campaign has killed nearly 200 people since September 2025, though the military has not provided evidence the vessels were carrying drugs.
- The United States conducted two separate strikes this week, bringing the May death toll to 10; a Tuesday strike killed one man and left two survivors.
- Amnesty International denounced the operations as 'extrajudicial killings at sea' on Wednesday, while the DoW inspector general assesses whether the military followed the established Joint Targeting Cycle framework.
- As The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group heads home after nearly 10 months, military leaders reconsider future SOUTHCOM taskings while continuing strikes against vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations.
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2 Killed in Eastern Pacific Strike on Suspected Narco Boat
Two men were killed Wednesday in a strike on a suspected narco boat in the Eastern Pacific, U.S. Southern Command announced. The vessel, allegedly operated by an unidentified designated terrorist organization, is said to have been traveling along known narco-trafficking routes, USSOUTHCOM said. The strike was the 60th strike as part of Operation Southern Spear, the Trump administration’s campaign against drug cartels and maritime drug traffickin…
US Southern Command SMOKES Another Drug Boat, Killing Two Narcoterrorists in Second Attack This Week * The Gateway Pundit * by Jordan Conradson
US forces executed another strike on a drug trafficking vessel operated by narcoterrorists in the Eastern Pacific on Wednesday, killing two male narcoterrorists.
U.S. military destroys vessel suspected of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two
The Trump administration's drug interdiction efforts, which include strikes against vessels suspected of transporting drugs, began in September. At least 196 people have been killed in the actions.
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