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US military says at least eight killed in new strikes on alleged drug boats, with survivors abandoning ship
U.S. Southern Command said strikes on three convoy boats killed three suspected narco-traffickers, raising the campaign's death toll to at least 110 since September, with search and rescue underway.
- U.S. Southern Command said it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats on Dec. 30 and Dec. 31, 2026, killing eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived.
- Operation Southern Spear, ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, targeted vessels tied to `Designated Terrorist Organizations` as part of the administration's pressure campaign on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
- A video posted by Southern Command showed three boats traveling in close formation before strikes, with Joint Task Force Southern Spear acting at SecWar Pete Hegseth's direction on Dec. 30.
- The U.S. Coast Guard activated search-and-rescue assets after SOUTHCOM notified them, deploying a Coast Guard C-130 and coordinating vessels while legal experts warned of extrajudicial killing risks.
- As part of a broader pressure campaign, the CIA carried out a drone strike last week and the U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions alongside a military buildup targeting Tren de Aragua.
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The U.S. Army has again allegedly sunk boats used for drug smuggling off the coast of South America.
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US President Donald Trump launched a military campaign in the Caribbean and the Pacific in September, on behalf of the fight against drug trafficking, with a view to particularly Venezuelan power.The army held two other ships on Wednesday, announced SUTHCOM, the US Command for Latin America and the Caribbean, during a message on X. "The information services confirmed that these ships used known routes for drug trafficking and related to this tra…
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