By Roberto Bustamante
The latest attack by the US military against an alleged drug trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific caused the death of two men on Friday, leaving one survivor.
A video posted on social media by the US Southern Command shows a black ship-shaped image before what appears to be an explosion, followed by a plume of fire rising from the ocean.
Southern Command stated that it “immediately notified the US Coast Guard to activate the survivor search and rescue“.
He did not provide details about the rescue or the condition of the survivor.
On Also can merely 8, at the route of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear performed a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting alongside known narco-trafficking… pic.twitter.com/YFLQNZufRx
— US Southern Expose (@Southcom) Also can merely 9, 2026
The White House announced Wednesday that President Trump approved a new U.S. counterterrorism strategy that makes eliminating drug cartels in the Western Hemisphere the administration’s top priority.
The Trump administration’s campaign to destroy suspected drug trafficking vessels in Latin American waters, including the eastern Pacific and the Caribbean Sea, has continued since early September and has left at least 192 dead in total.
At the same time, Trump has pressed regional leaders to work more closely with the United States in the fight against cartels and to take military action against drug traffickers and transnational gangs who he says pose an “unacceptable threat” to the hemisphere’s national security.
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