US EditionUS Military Says Two Killed in Strike on Alleged Drug Boat
The strike is part of Operation Southern Spear, which has killed 128 people in 38 attacks on drug-trafficking vessels since September 2025, U.S. Southern Command said.
- On Feb. 5, U.S. Southern Command said Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal strike in the eastern Pacific Ocean that killed two people and harmed no U.S. personnel.
- Operation Southern Spear, launched in early September 2025, has struck at least 38 vessels across 36 airstrikes in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific, killing at least 128 people.
- Intelligence and U.S. Southern Command said the boat transited known narco‑trafficking routes operated by designated terrorist organisations; a posted video shows a boat exploding and no U.S. forces harmed.
- Families of victims filed a wrongful‑death lawsuit alleging war crimes, while human‑rights groups and members of Congress questioned the strikes' legality and called for prosecutions.
- The administration told Congress it views the campaign as armed conflict with cartels, labels killed suspects `unlawful combatants`, and asserts legal authority for strikes despite failed Congressional resolutions.
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