Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

U.S. Military Launches Strike on Drug Vessel in Eastern Pacific


(MENAFN) American forces executed a lethal strike against a suspected narcotics transport vessel operating in the Eastern Pacific Monday, killing two alleged traffickers, U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) confirmed.

The military operation resulted in two deaths among suspected "narco-terrorists" while one individual survived the assault, the command disclosed via the social media platform X.

"Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations," SOUTHCOM stated.

The strike represents an escalation in the Trump administration's aggressive counter-narcotics campaign throughout the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean—a military posture intensified since September under the banner of combating drug smuggling operations.

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