US Conducts Kinetic Strike on Drug Boat, Kills 3 'Narco-Terrorists' in Eastern Pacific

• US Southern Command (Southcom) confirmed a kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a designated terrorist organization in the Eastern Pacific.
• The strike, directed by Gen. Francis L. Donovan, targeted an alleged drug-trafficking boat.
• Three male "narco-terrorists" were killed during the operation; no US military forces were harmed.
• Southcom shared a 16-second video of the lethal strike on X (formerly Twitter).
• Since September 2, the US military has conducted at least 43 strikes, killing over 147 alleged "narco-terrorists" in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.