U.S. military forces on Tuesday conducted another lethal strike against a vessel operated by designated terrorist organizations involved in narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific, killing three people, according to U.S. Southern Command officials.
Intelligence confirmed the vessel was traveling along known narco-trafficking routes and actively engaged in such operations, U.S. Southern Command reported in a post on X.
“On May 5, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations,” the command said.
“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed.”…