The US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) reported a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, resulting in two fatalities. SOUTHCOM stated intelligence confirmed the vessel was involved in drug trafficking operations along known routes.
US Southern Command conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific on April 26, killing three people. Joint Task Force Southern Spear carried out the operation at the direction of Commander General Francis Donovan. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting known narco-trafficking routes and engaged in drug trafficking.
The US military struck a vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Friday, killing two people described as 'male narco-terrorists.' The strike is part of President Trump's administration campaign against suspected narco-trafficking vessels that has killed more than 170 people since September. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have condemned the attacks as unlawful extrajudicial killings.
