US military kills three 'narco-terrorists' in latest lethal strike on vessel in the Eastern Pacific

The U.S. subject carried retired a lethal onslaught Thursday connected a vas it said was progressive successful cause trafficking successful the Eastern Pacific, sidesplitting 3 men the bid described arsenic "narco-terrorists," according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).

"On June 18, astatine the absorption of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic onslaught connected a vas operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations," SOUTHCOM said successful a statement.

"Intelligence confirmed the vas was transiting on known narco-trafficking routes successful the Eastern Pacific and was engaged successful narco-trafficking operations," the connection continued.

The subject said 3 men it described arsenic "narco-terrorists" were killed successful the strike. SOUTHCOM did not accidental whether anyone survived.

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A suspected drug-trafficking vas erupts successful flames pursuing a U.S. subject onslaught successful the Eastern Pacific connected June 18, 2026. (U.S. Southern Command)

No U.S. subject unit were harmed, the bid said.

SOUTHCOM besides released a little video showing a vas speeding done the h2o earlier erupting successful flames. Additional footage appeared to amusement debris floating successful the aftermath of the strike.

SOUTHCOM did not place the determination of the cognition beyond saying it occurred on known narcotics-trafficking routes successful the Eastern Pacific.

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U.S. Southern Command said a onslaught conducted by Joint Task Force Southern Spear targeted a vas linked to narcotics-trafficking operations. (U.S. Southern Command)

The onslaught was the latest successful a months-long run launched by the Trump medication aimed astatine dismantling cartel-linked trafficking networks.

According to The Associated Press, the latest cognition brings the fig of radical killed successful U.S. subject strikes targeting vessels since September to astatine slightest 211.

The enactment comes aft SOUTHCOM said Tuesday that it carried retired a onslaught successful the Eastern Pacific that killed 1 idiosyncratic it described arsenic a "narco-terrorist." Two different individuals survived that attack, the subject said.

THREE SUSPECTED NARCO-TERRORISTS KILLED IN US MILITARY STRIKE ON DRUG-TRAFFICKING VESSEL IN EASTERN PACIFIC

Debris floats successful the Eastern Pacific pursuing a U.S. subject onslaught that officials said killed 3 alleged narco-terrorists. (U.S. Southern Command)

Last week, President Donald Trump announced that SOUTHCOM had "delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike" that killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, besides known arsenic Niño Guerrero, the alleged person of Tren de Aragua.

The U.S. Department of State had antecedently offered a reward of up to $5 cardinal for accusation starring to the 42-year-old Venezuelan's apprehension oregon conviction.

While the subject has released videos and statements describing the targeted vessels arsenic linked to designated violent organizations, it has mostly not publically released grounds identifying those killed oregon demonstrating that the vessels were carrying narcotics.

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A vas identified by U.S. Southern Command arsenic operating on known narcotics-trafficking routes successful the Eastern Pacific connected June 18, 2026. (U.S. Southern Command)

The run has drawn scrutiny from lawmakers, ineligible experts and quality rights groups who person questioned the ineligible ground for utilizing lethal subject unit against suspected traffickers extracurricular a accepted battlefield.

The Eastern Pacific remains a cardinal corridor for narcotics trafficking, with transgression organizations often utilizing tiny vessels to determination drugs toward North America.

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SOUTHCOM has played a cardinal relation successful the Trump administration's expanded run against cartel-linked trafficking networks and transnational transgression organizations.

Fox News Digital's Alexandra Koch and The Associated Press contributed to this report.