US forces on Friday launched a strike against alleged drug traffickers in the Eastern Pacific, killing three people, the military said, APA reports.
“Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations” along an apparent narco-trafficking route, the US Southern Command posted on X, adding that “three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action.”
The post included black and white video of the strike that showed an aerial view of a boat before it is bombed and engulfed in flames.
The United States began targeting alleged smuggling boats in early September, killing nearly 150 people in total and destroying dozens of vessels since then.
The strikes are part of a campaign that Trump’s administration has insisted is needed to combat drug trafficking.
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