Overview
- U.S. Southern Command said its Joint Task Force Southern Spear carried out a “lethal kinetic” strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific that left at least three people dead.
- The command said intelligence showed the boat was on a known drug route and run by groups it designates as terrorist organizations, and it reported no U.S. personnel were hurt.
- Southcom said the action was directed by its commander, Gen. Francis L. Donovan, and it came after three similar strikes on the preceding days.
- Caretas, citing Southcom releases, reports the four-day span of eastern Pacific strikes caused at least 14 deaths.
- The same outlet tallies roughly 177 fatalities across the wider campaign in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean since it began.