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The U.S. Coast Guard is continuing to hunt for survivors of a kinetic onslaught Tuesday targeting 3 suspected narco-trafficking vessels traveling arsenic a convoy successful the Eastern Pacific.
The ships, allegedly operated by designated violent organizations, were traveling successful planetary waters and had transferred narcotics betwixt the 3 vessels anterior to the strikes.
Three narco-terrorists were killed aboard the archetypal vessel, portion those connected the remaining 2 abandoned vessel earlier follow-on engagements sank the vessels.
USSOUTHCOM announced different kinetic onslaught against alleged naro-terrorist vessels connected Wednesday. (@Southcom via X)
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It is unclear however galore survivors escaped the vessels.
A U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson told Fox News officials began coordinating hunt efforts astatine astir 3 p.m. Tuesday, aft receiving notification from the Department of War of radical successful the h2o astir 400 nautical miles southwest of the Mexico and Guatemala border.
A Coast Guard HC-130J level was deployed from Sacramento, Calif., to hunt for imaginable survivors. (U.S. Coast Guard)
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A HC-130J craft was deployed from Sacramento, California, to hunt an country covering much than 1,000 nautical miles and issued an urgent marine accusation broadcast to mariners successful the area, according to the spokesperson.
Video shows a kinetic onslaught connected a narco-terror vas successful planetary waters from Wednesday. (U.S. Southern Command via X)
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As of Friday, the Coast Guard has coordinated much than 65 hrs of hunt efforts, including moving with spouse nations, commercialized sportfishing and Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMVER) strategy vessels.
On Wednesday, 5 suspected narco-terrorists were killed successful a U.S. subject kinetic onslaught against 2 vessels allegedly operated by designated violent organizations progressive successful narcotics trafficking.
Fox News Digital's Jasmine Baehr contributed to this story.
Alexandra Koch is simply a Fox News Digital writer who covers breaking news, with a absorption connected high-impact events that signifier nationalist conversation.
She has covered large nationalist crises, including the L.A. wildfires, Potomac and Hudson River aviation disasters, Boulder panic attack, and Texas Hill Country floods.
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