8 Killed in US Airstrikes on Vessels in Pacific Ocean
USA – Eight people were on Monday killed in 3 US airstrikes targeting alleged “narco-terrorists” vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean, according to the US Southern Command.
According to Southern Command, the operation took place under the direction of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and executed in international waters by Joint Task Force Southern Spear.
“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,” it said on US social media company X.
