U.S. Military Kills 2 on Pacific Drug-Smuggling Vessel in Sunday Strike
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 24
U.S. Military Kills 2 on Pacific Drug-Smuggling Vessel in Sunday Strike
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 24
Summary
Sunday’s strike hit a low-profile vessel on Eastern Pacific trafficking routes, killing two people U.S. Southern Command labeled “narco-terrorists.”
Confirmed intelligence showed the boat was actively involved in narco-trafficking, prompting Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere to carry out what the military called a lethal kinetic strike.
Gen. Francis Donovan said the task force was created to accelerate lethal action against cartel-linked networks and to disrupt their operations across the region.
The attack extends a controversial Trump second-term policy of repeated military strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels; the last publicly announced strike, on June 21, also killed two people.