SOUTHCOM COMMANDER GEN. FRANCIS L. DONOVAN SAYS 'WE ARE TAKING DECISIVE ACTION TO DISMANTLE AND DESTROY SOPHISTICATED LOGISTICS NETWORKS USED BY NARCO-TERRORISTS TO TRAFFIC DRUGS AND SPREAD VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE', ADDING THAT THE OPERATION 'DEMONSTRATED THE ELITE CAPABILITIES AND PRECISION' OF THE JOINT TASK FORCE.

SOUTHCOM releases dramatic video showing a lethal strike on a go-fast boat in the Caribbean, killing four suspected narco-terrorists along a known trafficking route. The operation is putting cartel networks on notice as Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere ramps up its mission to disrupt trafficking across the region. “We will hunt, disrupt, and defeat these networks,” Gen. Francis L. Donovan says.

NEW: SOUTHCOM releases dramatic unclassified footage showing a lethal strike on a low-profile vessel moving through the Eastern Pacific. Officials say confirmed intelligence tied the vessel to active narco-trafficking operations. Two alleged narco-terrorists were killed in the strike. "This operation is a clear and decisive reminder that SOUTHCOM is taking the fight directly to the cartels."

U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) confirmed that Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike targeting a low-profile vessel operating along established narco-trafficking corridors in the Eastern Pacific.

According to a release from U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), at the direction of SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM) conducted an interdiction of a vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean that was acting as a refueling station in support of illicit at-sea drug trafficking operations for the Los Choneros narco-terrorist organization. After the individuals on board were turned over to Ecuadorian authorities, the vessel was destroyed Following the lull in such operations, after the twin earthquakes in Venezuela and subsequent U.S. support operations there, the tempo of U.S. SOUTHCOM operations against designated organizations in known drug trafficking maritime lanes has picked up significantly.

🚨 BOOM: TRUMP AND HEGSETH JUST BLEW UP ANOTHER FLOATING NARCO GAS STATION I voted for this 🔥 Per SOUTHCOM, another floating refueling station was interdicted, cleared out and then BLASTED to smithereens in the Easter Pacific This vessel specifically aided in narco-trafficking. This strike likely saved even more lives! 🇺🇸 Individuals removed from the boat are headed to the police in Ecuador WELCOME TO THE DONROE DOCTRINE This is our hemisphere!