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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Washington, December 19 (Xinhua) — The U.S. military destroyed two vessels suspected of carrying drugs in international waters in the Eastern Pacific on Thursday, killing all five people on board, U.S. Southern Command reported.
“On December 18, at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear launched lethal kinetic strikes against two vessels operated by designated terrorist organizations in international waters,” the command said in a press release.
“As a result of these actions, five male drug terrorists were killed,” the statement said.
Intelligence confirmed that both vessels were involved in drug trafficking operations.
Since early September, the Pentagon has sunk more than 28 suspected "narco-ships" in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, killing at least 104 people.
In recent weeks, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that the American military will begin ground strikes against drug traffickers "very soon," raising tensions between the US and Venezuela.
For nearly four months, the United States has maintained a significant military presence in the Caribbean, primarily off the coast of Venezuela, under the guise of combating drug trafficking. Caracas has denounced the American actions as a veiled attempt at regime change in the country.
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