U.S. Southern Command

12/04/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/04/2025 18:00

Lethal Kinetic Strike, Dec. 4, 2025

On Dec. 4, at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization.

Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was carrying illicit narcotics and transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed.

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