“On December 17, at the direction of Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a deadly kinetic attack on a vessel belonging to a designated terrorist organization in international waters. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was traveling through a known drug smuggling route in the eastern Pacific and was engaged in drug smuggling operations. A total of four men died, drug terrorists, and no US soldiers were injured,” we read in a statement issued by the US Army's Southern Command.
The US regularly attacks boats in the Pacific
This is another episode of the campaign of US President Donald Trump's administration against drug cartels, in which almost 100 people died.
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The American administration is putting pressure on the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, accusing it of cooperation with drug cartels. He also accuses Colombia of ineffectively fighting drug trafficking. Both countries criticized the attacks, and Caracas accused the administration in Washington of seeking regime change.
This is another incident that is fueling tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela and South American countries.
