The U.S. army mentioned it launched one other strike Monday on a vessel allegedly carrying medication within the jap Pacific, killing two individuals.
U.S. Southern Command claimed in a publish on X that the vessel was “operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in worldwide waters.” The army did not say which group, however the Trump administration has categorized a number of Latin American drug cartels as terror teams.
“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting alongside identified narco-trafficking routes within the Jap Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Two male narco-terrorists had been killed,” Southern Command mentioned.
The U.S. army has hit at the very least 30 alleged drug vessels within the area since early September, killing 107 individuals — a part of a monthslong marketing campaign of boat strikes close to Latin America. President Trump has argued that boat strikes have been efficient at quelling drug trafficking within the jap Pacific and Caribbean Sea, however critics have questioned the president’s authorized authority to hold out the strikes.
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