US military conducts more deadly strikes against vessels of alleged 'narco-terrorists
المصدر: Fox News | Source: Fox NewsThe U.S. conducted two deadly strikes on Saturday against "vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations," according to U.S. Southern Command.
"Applying total systemic friction on the cartels," a Sunday night post on SOUTHCOM's X account declares.
"On April 11, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted two lethal kinetic strikes on two vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations," the post continued.
"Intelligence confirmed the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking operations," SOUTHCOM asserted.
The post noted that one individual survived one of the strikes.
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"Two male narco-terrorists were killed, and one narco-terrorist survived the first strike. Three male narco-terrorists were killed during the second strike. Following the engagements, USSOUTHCOM immediately notified U.S. Coast Guard to activate the Search and Rescue system for the survivor. No U.S. military forces were harmed," the post stated.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth shared SOUTHCOM'S post about the strikes on his personal X account.
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President Donald Trump's administration has controversially carried out scads of such deadly attacks against alleged "narco-terrorists."
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