US Announces Lethal Strike on Drug Boat in Caribbean

U.S. Southern Command said Friday that Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal strike on a vessel operated by drug traffickers in the Caribbean, killing three people identified as narco-terrorists. The strike took place Feb. 13 at the direction of Southern Command leader Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the command said in a statement posted on X. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Three narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed,” the post stated. This week, Donovan, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine, and Northern Command leader Gen. Gregory M. Guillot met with War Department officials and senior military representatives from 34 nations to detail shared security priorities and regional cooperation in the face of drug trafficking and transnational criminal organizations....