US Military Announces 21st Strike on Suspected Drug Boat

The U.S. military this weekend carried out its 21st military strike on a suspected drug trafficking boat, the administration announced on Sunday. “On Nov. 15, at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics,” U.S. Southern Command said via a post on X. A video attached to the post showed unclassified military footage of a medium-sized motor-powered boat on the eastern Pacific Ocean operating in international waters....