New Eastern Pacific strike on alleged drug boat kills 1, SOUTHCOM says

New Eastern Pacific strike on alleged drug boat kills 1, SOUTHCOM says SOUTHCOM said the vessel "was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes" LONDON and WASHINGTON -- U.S. Southern Command said in a statement late on Monday that a strike "at the direction" of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in the Eastern Pacific hit a vessel and killed one man it alleged to be a "narco-terrorist." "Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a low-profile vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters," the statement said. "Intelligence confirmed the low-profile vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations," it continued. "One male narco-terrorist was confirmed killed during this action." Monday's strike brings the death toll to at least 105 people from known U.S. strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean, which began in early September.

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