The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) revealed on Wednesday two different military operations against drug-trafficking vessels between December 30-31 killed eight narco-terrorists.
Both strikes were part of Operation Southern Spear.
SOUTHCOM separately published the respective unclassified footage of the two latest operations throughout Wednesday — detailing in both instances that said operations were carried out at the direction of U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
First, on Wednesday afternoon, SOUTHCOM detailed that on December 30, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted “kinetic strikes” against three drug-trafficking vessels “travelling as a convoy” along known narco-trafficking routes in international waters and had transferred narcotics between the three vessels prior to the strikes. The vessels were operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations.
“Three narco-terrorists aboard the first
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