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US forces kill 3 narco-terrorists in Eastern Pacific lethal strike operation targeting drug networks
Fox News ^ | 11/16/25 | Greg Wehner, James Levinson

Posted on 11/16/2025 3:59:48 PM PST by Libloather

U.S. forces carried out a lethal strike Saturday on a narcotics vessel operated by a designated terrorist organization in the Eastern Pacific, killing three suspected narco-terrorists in international waters, according to U.S. Southern Command.

The strike brings the total number of suspected narco-terrorists killed to 82, with three survivors, in an ongoing U.S. campaign targeting drug-smuggling vessels tied to designated terrorist groups.

In a post on X, U.S. Southern Command said intelligence confirmed the vessel hit in Thursday’s strike was smuggling narcotics along a known trafficking route. The command described the strike as a "lethal kinetic operation" conducted in international waters as part of a broader effort to disrupt transnational criminal networks.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Thursday announced the official launch of Operation Southern Spear, a new mission targeting narco-terror networks across Latin America.

Hegseth said on X that U.S. Southern Command and Joint Task Force Southern Spear will lead the mission to defend the homeland and dismantle narco-terrorist networks across the Western Hemisphere.

"This mission defends our Homeland, removes narco-terrorists from our Hemisphere, and secures our Homeland from the drugs that are killing our people," Hegseth said.

The U.S. carried out its 20th strike on suspected drug-trafficking boats last week, killing four alleged narco-terrorists, according to a Pentagon official.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Local News; Travel
KEYWORDS: 01blowedup; 02realgood; drugs; lethal; pacific; smuggling; terrorists

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1 posted on 11/16/2025 3:59:48 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Getting Series——
Southern Spear has a nice Ring to it.


2 posted on 11/16/2025 4:21:24 PM PST by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: Libloather

(The U.S. carried out its 20th strike on suspected drug-trafficking boats last week, killing four alleged narco-terrorists, according to a Pentagon official.)

Well, GOOD.

STOP 🛑🛑🛑 running Illegal narcotics.


3 posted on 11/16/2025 4:23:50 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Libloather

Twenty boats, that is about 30 tones of poison stopped.


4 posted on 11/16/2025 4:32:54 PM PST by AZJeep (sane )
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To: Libloather

Are these guys stupid or is it a numbers game? How many boats don’t get blown up? Would suck to be the decoys.


5 posted on 11/16/2025 4:39:10 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: Libloather

I wonder what response they are expecting and what happens after that?


6 posted on 11/16/2025 4:42:09 PM PST by desertsolitaire (hite sea. My grandfather shouted warning to anyone who would listen that the Titanic was going to st)
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To: AZJeep
Twenty boats, that is about 30 tons of poison stopped.

How many millions of dollars worth of "inventory" have the cartels lost since this operation began?

7 posted on 11/16/2025 4:58:14 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: Libloather

Excellent! Keep up the good fight.


8 posted on 11/16/2025 5:06:06 PM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Libloather

They aren’t saying *where* in the “eastern Pacific”.


9 posted on 11/16/2025 5:11:29 PM PST by marron
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To: Libloather

Democrats and MSM: “Sob! Those poverty stricken farmers, fishermen and shop keepers are just trying to earn an honest living...they deserve due process.”


10 posted on 11/16/2025 5:13:04 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Libloather
They must be having difficulty scouring up volunteers for these boat runs.


11 posted on 11/16/2025 5:22:12 PM PST by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Libloather

Aw…too bad. /s


12 posted on 11/16/2025 5:43:14 PM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: GreenHornet

And how many dollars and interminable hours of legal garbage have been saved?

A great deal, I think.

And a great deal for us.


13 posted on 11/16/2025 6:21:33 PM PST by _longranger81
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To: Libloather

But their names! What were their names?!?


14 posted on 11/16/2025 6:58:04 PM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: grobdriver

The ocean is a drug dump.


15 posted on 11/17/2025 3:34:19 AM PST by yldstrk
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