{"id":62240,"date":"2025-12-30T12:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T12:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-kills-2-in-strike-on-alleged-drug-boat-in-eastern-pacific-military-says\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T12:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T12:19:21","slug":"u-s-kills-2-in-strike-on-alleged-drug-boat-in-eastern-pacific-military-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-kills-2-in-strike-on-alleged-drug-boat-in-eastern-pacific-military-says\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. kills 2 in strike on alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific, military says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\" wp_automatic_readability=\"48.997202797203\">\n<p>The U.S. military said it launched <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-military-hits-alleged-low-profile-drug-vessel-pacific-1-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">another strike<\/a><\/span> Monday on a vessel allegedly carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific, killing two people.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Southern Command\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/southcom\/status\/2005776276100207032?s=46&amp;t=1Ca-faqNla26lnfM14qRsQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">claimed<\/a>\u00a0in a post on X that the vessel was &#8220;operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters.&#8221; The military didn&#8217;t say which organization, but the Trump administration has categorized several Latin American drug cartels as terror groups.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Two male narco-terrorists were killed,&#8221; Southern Command said.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military has hit at least 30 alleged drug vessels in the region since early September, killing 107 people \u2014 part of a monthslong campaign of boat strikes near Latin America. President Trump has argued that boat strikes have been effective at quelling drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean Sea, but critics have questioned the president&#8217;s legal authority to carry out the strikes.<\/p>\n<pre><figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount\":50}\"=\"\">\n  <div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.720930232558\">\n    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" wp_automatic_readability=\"2.2325581395349\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" wp_automatic_readability=\"0.37209302325581\">On Dec. 29, at the direction of <a class=\"shortcode-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecWar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw#link=%7B%22role%22:%22standard%22,%22href%22:%22https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecWar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%22,%22affiliate%22:%22%22,%22target%22:%22%22,%22absolute%22:%22%22,%22linkText%22:%22@SecWar%22%7D\" data-shortcode=\"link\" data-role=\"standard\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecWar?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" data-target=\"\" data-affiliate=\"\" data-asset-type=\"\" data-uuid=\"\" data-selected-index=\"\" data-slug=\"\" data-absolute=\"\" data-link-text=\"@SecWar\" data-label=\"\" data-edition=\"\" data-section=\"\" data-toolbar-html=\"&lt;div class=\" rte-link__toolbar\"=\"\" contenteditable=\"false\" wp_automatic_readability=\"2\"><p><span data-action=\"open\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecWar?ref_src=twsrc^tfw<\/span><br\/><span class=\"rte-inline__sub-title\"\/><\/p><span class=\"toolbar toolbar--spaced-top\"><span class=\"toolbar__tools\"><button class=\"btn btn--mini\" data-action=\"edit\" type=\"button\" rel=\"tooltip\">Edit<\/button><button class=\"btn btn--mini\" data-action=\"unlink\" type=\"button\" rel=\"tooltip\">Unlink<\/button> <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"&gt;@SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters. 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