US SOUTHCOM strikes narco-terrorist vessel in Pacific

U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced that Joint Task Force - Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on Friday against a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing two people. The operation targeted a vessel operated by a designated terrorist organization involved in narcotics trafficking, described by Washington as targeting "narco-terrorists." Rights groups have condemned the attack as an "extrajudicial killing." This marks the latest such strike in the region.