3 killed in strike on suspected narco-trafficking vessel

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U.S. Southern Command said a joint task force carried out a lethal strike this week on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific that U.S. officials allege was involved in narcotics trafficking linked to designated terrorist organizations.

In a statement posted Friday, the command said that on Feb. 20, at the direction of SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a “lethal kinetic strike” on a vessel transiting along known drug-trafficking routes.

U.S. officials said intelligence indicated the vessel was engaged in narcotics trafficking operations. Three men described as “narco-terrorists” were killed during the action, according to the statement.

“No U.S. military forces were harmed,” the command said.

The statement did not provide details about the vessel’s flag, ownership, precise location or whether any contraband was recovered following the strike. It also did not identify the individuals killed.

U.S. Southern Command oversees military operations and security cooperation in Central and South America and the Caribbean. The operation was conducted under what officials described as ongoing counter-narcotics efforts in the region.

Further details were not immediately available.

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5 COMMENTS

  1. This murderous American administration is just killing people willy-nilly just because they suspect you are trafficking narcotics. The land of the Free and the home of the BRAVE will one day fall like a stack of dominoes

  3. Caribbean leaders and governments had entered into a formal agreement with the US and themselves to cooperate in fighting drug trafficking but they never expected it to happen like this. They believed that due process should occur and drug traffickers should be caught, tried and prosecuted. Then there would be no doubt and question as to the legitimacy of the process. No one man (country) can be judge, juror and executioner at the same time.

  4. Can someone please ask the US Southern command what are the GPS coordinates for the drug trafficking rout so that the fisher folks can avoid it………

    Why is the so called Caribbean all of a sudden referred to as Eastern Pacific?

    There was no strike, the US BOMBED a fishing vessel killing 3 people.

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