The Department of War launched its first strike of 2026 on a suspected drug-carrying boat Friday evening.
U.S. Southern Command announced that the strike targeted a vessel operated by members of Designated Terrorist Organizations. Friday’s mission also marks the first strike since the Trump administration ousted former Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro from power.
“On Jan. 23, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” SOUTHCOM wrote on X.
The strike killed two of the suspected narco-terrorists and left one survivor. The release did not indicate what country the boat
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