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It alleged the occupants were &#8220;male narco-terrorists&#8221; and the boats were &#8220;transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking.&#8221; The strike was authorized by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Southern Command said.<\/p>\n<p>Southern Command also posted a 47-second video that appeared to show three separate strikes on vessels.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On Dec. 15, at the direction of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecWar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@SecWar<\/a> Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted lethal kinetic strikes on three vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters. Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting along known\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IQfCVvUpau\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/IQfCVvUpau<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Southcom\/status\/2000756230252314901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The U.S. military began striking boats in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean in early September, part of what the Trump administration <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-tells-congress-armed-conflict-drug-cartels-venezuela-boat-strikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">has described<\/a><\/span> as a &#8220;non-international armed conflict&#8221; against drug cartels that it has designated as terror groups.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign is increasingly controversial, however. Democratic lawmakers and a handful of Republicans argue the Trump administration lacks legal authority to conduct the strikes and hasn&#8217;t provided sufficient evidence that the boats were actually carrying narcotics. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a Sept. 2 strike that started off the campaign has drawn scrutiny after <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-alleged-drug-boat-strike-venezuela-hegseth\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">reports<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/boat-strike-sept-2-trump-administration-statements\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">emerged that two people in the vessel<\/a><\/span> survived the initial hit but were killed in a follow-on strike. Democrats who watched a video of the Sept. 2 operation <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pentagon-briefing-congress-venezuela-alleged-drug-boats\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">decried the decision<\/a><\/span>, and some critics have <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-hegseth-venezuela-boat-strikes-war-crimes-are-they-legal\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">warned that killing shipwrecked survivors<\/a><\/span> could constitute a war crime. Republicans have defended the follow-on strike, arguing the survivors may have still been in the fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The boat strikes are part of a broader U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean and near Latin America, with several naval vessels \u2014 including the USS Gerald R. Ford \u2014 and fighter jets shifting to the region in recent months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The administration has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.conim\/search?q=uss+gerald+r+ford+cbsnews.com&amp;sca_esv=3d5baf122ad97e18&amp;rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS1157US1157&amp;biw=1512&amp;bih=738&amp;tbm=nws&amp;ei=8tFAac_GENaD7M8PobmNyAc&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjPh5yclcGRAxXWAfsDHaFcA3kQ4dUDCA4&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=uss+gerald+r+ford+cbsnews.com&amp;gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LW5ld3MiHXVzcyBnZXJhbGQgciBmb3JkIGNic25ld3MuY29tMgUQIRigAUjYDlCMBFjmDXAAeACQAQCYAbMBoAHqEKoBBDAuMTO4AQPIAQD4AQGYAg2gAp4RwgINEAAYgAQYsQMYQxiKBcICCxAAGIAEGLEDGIMBwgIFEAAYgATCAgcQIRigARgKmAMAiAYBkgcEMC4xM6AHkTGyBwQwLjEzuAeeEcIHBTIuOC4zyAcYgAgA&amp;sclient=gws-wiz-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">heaped pressure<\/a> on the government of Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, accusing him of collaborating with drug cartels, and it has also argued that Colombia has failed to crack down on drug trafficking. 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