US strike hits alleged drug-trafficking vessel

US Southern Command announced that on December 17, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters.

The mission was carried out at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. According to the statement, intelligence confirmed that the vessel was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. A total of four male narco-terrorists were killed, and no U.S. military forces were harmed.