US forces strike 3 narco-terror vessels in eastern Pacific, killing 8
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The United States launched “deadly” attacks on multiple ships operated by terrorist organizations, killing at least eight narco-terrorists, United States Southern Command announced Monday.
“On December 15, under the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Lance conducted lethal kinetic attacks on three ships operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters,” U.S. Southern Command said in a post on channel X. he said.
Intelligence reportedly detected suspicious activity throughout the Eastern Pacific, where ships traveled along known drug smuggling routes.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at a conference. (Omer Marques/Getty Images)
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“Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting through known drug smuggling routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in drug smuggling,” the unit said.
“During these actions, a total of eight male narco-terrorists were killed, three on the first ship, two on the second and three on the third ship,” the unit added.
