Three 'Narco-Terrorists' Killed in US Military Strike in Pacific
Intelligence assessments verified that the targeted craft was navigating "known narco-trafficking routes" and "was engaged in drug-trafficking operations," the command announced via X, the US-owned social media platform.
The operation was ordered by Southern Command chief General Francis L. Donovan and carried out under the banner of Joint Task Force Southern Spear. No US military casualties were reported.
Wednesday's strike forms part of a sweeping Trump administration strategy to deploy military power directly against international drug trafficking networks. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump formally designated multiple cartels and criminal organizations as foreign terrorist organizations — a landmark legal reclassification that significantly broadened the federal government's authority to authorize offensive military operations against such groups.
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