US EditionUS Military Says Two Killed in Strike on Alleged Drug Boat
The U.S. military's Operation Southern Spear has targeted 38 vessels since September 2025, killing at least 128 people to disrupt narcotics trafficking by designated terrorist groups.
- 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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On Thursday, the U.S. military bombed a boat in the eastern Pacific, of which it said, without presenting evidence, that it was transporting drugs to that country, with two people killed, the Southern Command reported in its X account.
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This is the second known strike of this type since the beginning of the year, after a previous strike on 23 January, also in the Pacific.
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IOL PortugalA military operation of the U.S. Command was carried out along the coast of Colombia. According to the North Americans, the ship was piloted by two "narco-terrorists" and was linked to drug trafficking.
The U.S. military reported that they carried out another deadly attack on a boat accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean. U.S. Southern Command said on social media that the boat “was transiting well-known drug trafficking routes in the eastern Pacific and involved in drug trafficking operations.” He pointed out that two people were killed in the attack. A video linked to the publication shows a boat moving over the water befor…
Since the US kidnapping of Venezuela's head of state Nicolás Maduro, the attacks on alleged drug boats have subsided, but now the United States is reporting another attack.
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