US Military Strikes 2 Boats in Eastern Pacific, Killing 5 Narco-Terrorists

Five male narco-terrorists were killed Thursday when U.S. forces attacked two vessels in the Eastern Pacific, the U.S. Southern Command reported. Three fatalities were in the first vessel and two in the second, according to a post on X. No U.S. military forces were harmed, the post stated. Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted the strikes, which targeted two vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters and traveling known narco-trafficking routes, U.S. Southern Command stated in the post. The operation, directed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, was based on intelligence that had confirmed the boats to be engaging in smuggling operations, according to the statement....