Tuesday 30/December/2025 – 01:34 AM
She announced US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), a subsidiary of the US Army, carried out a lethal military strike targeting a ship operating on behalf of classified terrorist organizations, as it claimed, in international waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean, as part of an operation to combat drug smuggling.
US Southern Command in the Pacific
The US Southern Command said, in a statement published through its official account on the “X” platform, that the operation was carried out on December 29 under the direction of US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, through the Joint Task Force Southern Arrow.
The statement explained that intelligence information confirmed that the ship was following known drug smuggling routes in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and was directly involved in illicit drug trafficking activities.
The strike resulted in the killing of two people, described as drug smugglers linked to terrorism, while the command confirmed that no members of the US military forces were injured during the operation.
