US Strike on an Alleged Drug Boat Kills 2 in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
The strike was part of Operation Southern Spear, which U.S. officials say has killed at least 207 people since September.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. military attacked a boat in the Pacific Ocean, killing two men; The White House confirmed the strike was conducted "in self-defense."
- Since the administration began its offensive against those it designates as "narcoterrorists" in early September, fatalities from U.S. military boat interdictions have reached at least 207.
- President Donald Trump has said the United States is in "armed conflict" with cartels in Latin America, justifying the attacks as necessary to stem drug flows and fatal overdoses.
- Critics and Democratic lawmakers have questioned the legality and effectiveness of the strikes, citing the military's failure to provide evidence that targeted vessels carried drugs.
- The Pentagon's watchdog plans to investigate whether the military followed the established Joint Targeting Cycle, though the evaluation does not specifically address the legality of the attacks.
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The US Army has been attacking boats with suspected drug smugglers in international waters for months. Since then, more than 200 people have been killed, according to the military.
NEWS HEADLINES: US Military Hits Another Narco Vessel in the Pacific, Two Dead * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Isaac
The cartel war is moving again in the Pacific, and this time it ended with two dead narco-terrorists. U.S. Southern Command says Joint Task Force Southern Spear carried out a lethal kinetic strike on June 3, 2026, hitting a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in the Eastern Pacific. Two male narco-terrorists were killed in the action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. This is the kind of direct enforcement President Trump pr…
US Military Hits Another Narco Vessel in the Pacific, Two Dead * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Isaac
Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific on June 3, killing two narco-terrorists. SOUTHCOM posted the official confirmation a day later.
Military Lights Up Another Drug Boat in Pacific
The U.S. military struck a drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Wednesday, killing two men it described as narco-terrorists, U.S. Southern Command said Thursday. The strike brings the total number of people killed under the Trump administration’s counter-narcotics campaign to at least 207 since September. “On June 3, at the direction of SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal ki…
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