President Trump’s war on the cartels just delivered another unmistakable message in the Eastern Pacific.

Another suspected narco-terrorist drug boat has been taken off the water.

Three male narco-terrorists were killed, and U.S. Southern Command says no American forces were harmed.

SOUTHCOM released the footage from the April 26 strike here:

U.S. Southern Command gave the official account of the strike:

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On April 26, at the direction of the commander of U.S. Southern Command, Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations.

Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.

Three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed.

That is about as clear as it gets.

The boat was allegedly moving along a known narco-trafficking route. SOUTHCOM says intelligence confirmed it was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Then Joint Task Force Southern Spear hit it.

Breitbart noted that this was not an isolated incident, but the latest public strike in a much larger campaign:

Sunday’s strike is the latest publicly known military operation of its nature since the start of Operation Southern Spear.

Breitbart reported that SOUTHCOM’s April 26 strike followed another Eastern Pacific strike announced just days earlier, underscoring that this is now a continuing campaign rather than a one-off military action.

The report also connected the latest blast to Operation Southern Spear’s broader mission: detecting, disrupting, and degrading transnational criminal and illicit maritime networks moving through the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean.

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Breitbart further noted that the campaign has included strikes on drug-laden vessels, interdictions of sanctioned oil tankers, and expanded cooperation with U.S.-friendly Latin American partners.

And the tempo has been picking up.

SOUTHCOM had released footage from another Eastern Pacific strike just one day earlier:

SOUTHCOM said that April 24 strike also targeted a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations:

On April 24, at the direction of the commander of U.S. Southern Command, Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations.

Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.

Two male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed.

So in just two strikes announced over the weekend, five alleged narco-terrorists were killed in the Eastern Pacific and no U.S. personnel were harmed.

The Washington Examiner added the broader count from the ongoing campaign:

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Sunday’s military operation in the eastern Pacific brought the total number of strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats to 54.

The Washington Examiner reported that the April 26 operation killed three people aboard the suspected drug-trafficking vessel, while another April 24 strike killed two more alleged narco-traffickers.

The outlet also pointed to the larger reported death toll from the campaign, citing a New York Times tracker that placed the number at 185 people killed in suspected drug-boat strikes.

That context matters because it shows the Trump administration’s maritime campaign is no longer occasional enforcement. It has become a sustained pressure operation against cartel-linked trafficking routes.

The Examiner also reported that 185 people have been killed in those strikes, citing a New York Times tracker.

The Trump administration has framed these operations as a direct fight against narco-terrorist networks that move poison toward the United States.

And SOUTHCOM is making clear that Southern Spear is bigger than one strike video.

In a separate April 25 update, SOUTHCOM said the task force has also been choking off illicit maritime financing:

Six months since its inception at the direction of U.S. Southern Command, Joint Task Force Southern Spear has significantly disrupted illicit maritime activity within the Western Hemisphere, dealing a critical blow to narco-terrorist networks and other illicit or sanctioned activities.

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A cornerstone of the task force’s mission is the execution of complex maritime interdiction operations.

To date, JTF Southern Spear, working with interagency partners, has successfully intercepted and seized six vessels illegally transporting sanctioned oil within the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility.

“Joint Task Force Southern Spear continues to conduct decisive operations to detect, disrupt, and dismantle narco-terrorist networks. In support of the President’s directives, the U.S. Coast Guard’s Maritime Security Response Team, accompanied by U.S. Marine Corps Special Purpose Forces, continue to support maritime interdiction operations to target the dark fleet that is enabling U.S. adversaries across the globe,” said Gen. Francis L. Donovan, U.S. SOUTHCOM commander.

While each interdiction is backed by the full force of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, the Marines and Sailors of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Special Purpose Force, and the Coast Guard’s Maritime Security Response Team are at the tip of the spear for each operation.

SOUTHCOM also shared that broader Western Hemisphere mission on X:

That is the real story here.

This is not a one-off show of force. It is a sustained campaign aimed at dismantling cartel routes, cutting off illicit financing, and forcing narco-terror networks to think twice before using the waters near our hemisphere as a highway.

For years, Americans watched politicians talk tough about cartels while deadly drugs kept pouring into the country.

Now the Trump administration is treating the cartels like the hostile networks they are.

And if the latest footage is any indication, Operation Southern Spear is not slowing down.

This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.
 

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