For the first time in more than two months, the U.S. military has carried out a strike on a boat it says was trafficking drugs. U.S. Southern Command said early Monday that two people were killed in Sunday’s strike in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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“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 said in a statement. “Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel’s active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed two narco-terrorists.”
Operation Southern Spear
The strike resumes a military campaign after a pause of more than two months. The last confirmed strike was on June 21.
“Operation Southern Spear” has now destroyed at least 67 vessels and killed more than 200 people since it began last year. The operation is part of the Trump administration’s campaign against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Pacific.
In a statement, SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis Donovan said, “We are committed to imposing total systemic friction on narco-terrorists — disrupting their operations, dismantling their leadership, and eliminating cartel terror across the region.”
He added, “Let me be clear, we will not permit narco-terrorists to operate with impunity in the Western Hemisphere, nor will we allow their deadly poison to reach American communities. This operation is a powerful demonstration of our lethal precision, overwhelming capability, and absolute resolve to protect the U.S. homeland.”
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