US conducts 30th strike in campaign against alleged drug boats, killing two

Published December 29, 2025 10:15pm ET



The U.S. military conducted its 30th strike on an alleged drug boat, killing two suspected drug traffickers.

U.S. Southern Command said in a post on X that War Secretary Pete Hegseth had ordered the “lethal kinetic strike” on a vessel owned by “Designated Terrorist Organizations” on Dec. 29. It attached a video of the strike, showing two sizable munitions detonating above a small vessel, obliterating it and setting the remains on fire.

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