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US Southern Command announced it conducted a strike on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and killed two people suspected of trafficking narcotics.
“Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal kinetic strike on a low-profile vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific,” SOUTHCOM posted on X Monday. “Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel’s active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed two narco-terrorists.”
Last year, President Donald Trump authorized the Department of War to conduct lethal attacks against suspected drug boats in Latin America. SOUTHCOM conducted dozens of attacks on vessels. . .
