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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Washington, December 23 (Xinhua) — The U.S. military sank a "stealth vessel" suspected of smuggling drugs in international waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing a man on board, U.S. Southern Command announced on social media.
At the direction of US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear carried out a "lethal kinetic strike" on a vessel in international waters, the military stated. It noted that the vessel was operated by an organization designated as a terrorist organization by US authorities.
Intelligence confirmed the vessel was traveling along known drug trafficking routes in the eastern Pacific and was involved in drug trafficking, the command said, adding that one narco-terrorist was killed in the strike.
As of Monday, the Pentagon has sunk more than 29 suspected drug-carrying vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific since early September, killing at least 105 crew members.
For nearly four months, the United States has maintained a significant military presence in the Caribbean, primarily off the coast of Venezuela, calling it part of an effort to combat drug trafficking. Caracas has denounced the American actions as a thinly veiled attempt at regime change in Venezuela.
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