U.S. Southern Command
12/17/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/17/2025 20:44
Lethal Kinetic Strike, Dec. 17, 2025
On Dec. 17, at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters.
Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. A total of four male narco-terrorists were killed, and no U.S. military forces were harmed.
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