Eleven people killed as US Southern Command carries out three more strikes on suspected ‘narco-terrorist’ vessels

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The U.S. military announced three more strikes against suspected drug-trafficking vessels as part of “Operation Southern Spear.” Two of the strikes occurred in the Eastern Pacific, and one in the Caribbean Sea. Eleven “male narco-terrorists were killed” during the military operations, and the strikes were authorized by Gen. Francis L. Donovan, commander of United States Southern Command.

Southern Command announced the recent strikes in a press release and on social media accounts.

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