US Carries Out Vessel Suspected of Drug Trafficking in Eastern Pacific
The strike was carried out by Joint Task Force Southern Spear under the direction of Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, who took command of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) on the same day at a Pentagon ceremony.
"Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Two narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed," SOUTHCOM said.
Earlier Thursday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated that "some top cartel drug-traffickers" in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility "decided to cease all narcotics operations indefinitely due to recent (highly effective) kinetic strikes in the Caribbean." Hegseth did not provide additional details or evidence to support the claim.
The Trump administration has intensified operations in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific since September, citing a campaign against narcotics trafficking.
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