The US military performed strikes towards three alleged drug-trafficking boats in the jap Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing 8 individuals, in keeping with US Southern Command.
“On Dec. 15, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted lethal kinetic strikes on three vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters,” SOUTHCOM wrote on X. “Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking.”
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At least 95 people have now been killed in strikes on suspected drug boats as a part of a marketing campaign, dubbed Operation Southern Spear, that the Trump administration has mentioned is geared toward curbing narcotics trafficking. The US military most just lately struck a suspected drug boat on December 4 in the Eastern Pacific, killing 4 individuals on board, in keeping with one other social media submit from US Southern Command.
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