"The Pentagon announced on Thursday that the US military's southern command had conducted another deadly strike on a boat suspected of carrying illegal narcotics, killing four men in the eastern Pacific. Video of the new strike was posted on social media by the US southern command, based in Florida, with a statement saying that, at the direction of Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, 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, the statement added. The latest strike comes as the Pentagon and the White House have struggled to answer questions about the legality of the campaign to kill suspected drug smugglers with military strikes,"
The Pentagon announced that US Southern Command carried out a lethal strike on a vessel in international waters, killing four men suspected of transporting illicit narcotics. Joint Task Force Southern Spear executed the operation at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Intelligence indicated the boat was operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization and was transiting a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific. Southern Command posted video of the strike on social media and described the deceased as male narco-terrorists. The operation follows scrutiny over the legality of using military strikes against suspected drug smugglers and a pending investigation into a prior September attack.
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