U.S. Military Strikes Three More Drug Boats, Kills Eight Narco-Terrorists
The United States Military on Monday took out three more boats in the Eastern Pacific determined to be “engaged in narco-trafficking,” officials said.
“On Dec. 15, at the direction of [Secretary of War] Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted lethal kinetic strikes on three vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters,” U.S. Southern Command posted on X, alongside a video of the strikes. “Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking. A total of eight male narco-terrorists were killed during these actions—three in the first vessel, two in the second and three in the third.”
Monday’s strikes represent the latest chapter in what has become a sustained military campaign against the cartels poisoning America. Since September, U.S. forces have struck 25 boats and eliminated approximately 95 suspected drug traffickers operating in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean. These aren’t random interdictions. They’re the direct result of President Trump’s determination that the United States is engaged in an armed conflict with drug cartels designated as terrorist organizations.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has personally authorized these operations, making clear that the administration views this as nothing less than warfare. Violent gangs like Tren de Aragua and MS-13 now carry the official designation of foreign terrorist organizations. No more ambiguity about how they’ll be treated.
“The declared intent is to stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats, and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people,” Hegseth stated. “Every trafficker we kill is affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization.”
“On Dec. 15, at the direction of [Secretary of War] Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted lethal kinetic strikes on three vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters,” U.S. Southern Command posted on X, alongside a video of the strikes. “Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking. A total of eight male narco-terrorists were killed during these actions—three in the first vessel, two in the second and three in the third.”
Monday’s strikes represent the latest chapter in what has become a sustained military campaign against the cartels poisoning America. Since September, U.S. forces have struck 25 boats and eliminated approximately 95 suspected drug traffickers operating in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean. These aren’t random interdictions. They’re the direct result of President Trump’s determination that the United States is engaged in an armed conflict with drug cartels designated as terrorist organizations.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has personally authorized these operations, making clear that the administration views this as nothing less than warfare. Violent gangs like Tren de Aragua and MS-13 now carry the official designation of foreign terrorist organizations. No more ambiguity about how they’ll be treated.
“The declared intent is to stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats, and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people,” Hegseth stated. “Every trafficker we kill is affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization.”
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