Military ❯ Operations ❯ Counter-Narcotics

U.S. Southern Command

Caribbean Lanza del Sur Narco-Trafficking Legal Justification Caribbean Deployment Lethal Strikes Operation Southern Lance Joint Task Force Southern Spear Drug Trafficking Southern Spear Strikes

U.S. Strike on Suspected Drug Boat Kills Six, Raising Operation Southern Spear Death Toll to at Least 157

The administration asserts an armed‑conflict authority for the boat strikes, a claim facing mounting legal and human‑rights challenges.