The United States military announced it conducted its first “lethal kinetic” military strike in May on a suspected drug trafficking vessel in the Southern Hemisphere as part of Operation Southern Spear. The strike occurred in the Caribbean Sea, and two alleged “narco-terrorists” were killed.
U.S. Southern Command announced the strike in a release posted to its website and on its social media channels. It was the first military operation Southern Command conducted in the Caribbean Sea for Operation Southern Spear since April 19.
“On April 19, at the direction of the commander of U.S. Southern Command, Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations,” read the release.
“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” Southern Command reported.
“Three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action,” noted
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