Three people died after the destruction of a ‘narco boat’ by United States forces in the Pacific.
US Southern Command forces destroyed a new ‘narco boat’ in Eastern Pacific waters, leaving three people dead.
The United States Southern Command forces carried out a lethal operation in the Eastern Pacific that left three people identified as “narcoterrorists” dead. According to the official statement, the attacked vessel was operated by a “designated terrorist organization” and was sailing along a maritime route known for drug trafficking.
The action was part of the so-called Operation Southern Spear, implemented since September by the United States with the objective of dismantling drug trafficking and terrorism networks in the Caribbean and Pacific region.
The attack was ordered directly by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and executed by Joint Task Force Southern Spear. According to the information released, the The vessel was transporting drugs and was circulating in international waters at the time of the attack.
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This operation occurs in a context of intensification of the US military deployment in the area: includes the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and other strategic vessels that operate to reinforce surveillance and combat drug trafficking.
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, the largest and most advanced in the US fleet, is now operating in the Caribbean Sea as part of a deployment ordered by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, to support the presidential directive against transnational criminal organizations and narcoterrorism.
The operation is part of a more campaign extensive that the United States has maintained since September and which has resulted in the elimination of more than twenty boats allegedly linked to drug trafficking in areas of the Caribbean and the Pacific, with a balance accumulated that exceeds 70 people killed in various actions.
In short, this new attack represents another chapter in the US offensive to curb maritime smuggling of drugs and the links between criminal networks and terrorist organizations.
Source: Integrated Information System
