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The United States military executed a deadly operation on Tuesday, targeting a vessel suspected of drug trafficking in the Eastern Pacific. This action resulted in the death of an individual identified as a narco-terrorist, as reported by U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).
“On May 26, under the directive of SOUTHCOM commander General Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear launched a lethal strike on a vessel operated by organizations designated as terrorist groups,” announced SOUTHCOM in a statement posted on X.
The statement elaborated that intelligence had verified the vessel’s movement along established drug-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and confirmed its involvement in narco-trafficking activities.
According to military reports, the strike resulted in the death of one alleged narco-terrorist, while two other individuals survived the attack.
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U.S. Southern Command said a military strike targeted a suspected narco-trafficking vessel operating along a known drug route in the Eastern Pacific. (U.S. Southern Command)
SOUTHCOM said it immediately notified the U.S. Coast Guard to begin search-and-rescue operations for the survivors.
No U.S. forces were injured, the military said.
SOUTHCOM did not immediately release additional information about those targeted in the operation.
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The U.S. military said one suspected narco-terrorist was killed during an operation targeting a vessel in the Eastern Pacific. (U.S. Southern Command)
The U.S. military has carried out multiple strikes in recent months targeting suspected drug-smuggling vessels as part of a broader campaign aimed at dismantling cartel-linked trafficking operations.
Tuesday’s strike followed similar operations earlier this month.
SOUTHCOM said it targeted another vessel in the Eastern Pacific on May 8, killing two male narco-terrorists and leaving one survivor. Days earlier, the military conducted another strike in the Caribbean that killed two suspected traffickers.
(L/R) U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Francis L. Donovan, nominee for Commander of U.S. Southern Command, and U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, nominee for Director of the National Security Agency, Chief of Central Security Service, and Command of U.S. Cyber Command, testify during a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing on their nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2026. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)
The Eastern Pacific and Caribbean are major corridors for narcotics trafficking, with cartels often using small, fast-moving vessels to transport drugs toward the United States and Central America.
SOUTHCOM oversees military operations in Central and South America and the Caribbean, including counter-narcotics missions focused on disrupting drug trafficking networks tied to organized crime groups.
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