US EditionUS military says one person killed in strike on suspected drug vessel in Pacific
The strike is part of Operation Southern Spear, with 105 killed in 29 strikes since September, targeting vessels on known drug-trafficking routes, U.S. Southern Command says.
- U.S. Southern Command said a low-profile vessel was struck in the eastern Pacific last week, killing one person, in a strike attributed to Joint Task Force Southern Spear at the request of SecWar Pete Hegseth.
- Operation Southern Spear has expanded US maritime strikes, with at least 105 people killed in 29 known strikes since early September, the Trump administration says.
- A U.S. Southern Command video shows the boat taking multiple salvos and catching fire, while intelligence assessments linked it to narco-trafficking routes but provided no evidence.
- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro warned the US naval blockade would disrupt global energy supplies in a letter read Monday by Foreign Minister Yván Gil.
- In recent months, US military activity around Venezuela has intensified, with last week’s two struck boats killing 5 people, two tankers intercepted off Venezuela this month, and a Caribbean naval and troop buildup.
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1 Dead in U.S. Strike on Suspected Narco Semi-submersible
U.S. forces struck a semi-submersible suspected of trafficking narcotics as it operated in the Eastern Pacific on Monday, according to U.S. Southern Command. Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a fatal strike on the low-profile vessel transiting along a known narco trafficking route, which was believed to be operated by a designated terrorist organization. One person was confirmed killed in the strike, SOUTHCOM said in a social media post …
On Monday, the U.S. Armed Forces carried out an attack on a “low-profile boat” allegedly trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean. According to U.S. Southern Command, one person was killed in the attack, resulting in 30 boats destroyed in 26 attacks in international waters since September 2, against vessels allegedly carrying narcotics, according to Washington, without providing evidence to support these claims. So far, at least 105 people…
It's linked to drug traffickers.
A deadly kinetic attack was carried out on the vessel operated by terrorist organizations, the US military said.
The U.S. kills one more person in a new attack on a boat in the East Pacific; hours earlier, Trump announced the creation of a "golden float," with warships "100 times more powerful" than the current Trump appoints a special envoy to Greenland to make it "part of the U.S." and raises blisters in the U.S. U.S. has destroyed a new boat supposedly linked to drug trafficking on Monday, killing a person on board, on an Eastern Pacific route. The boat…
A person died on Monday in a new American strike on a "discreet boat" in the eastern Pacific Ocean, said the US Army, claiming that the boat "were on roads known for drug trafficking". ...
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