US Southern Command announced another strike on a drug trafficking vessel, its first since November 15.
The strike under “Operation Southern Spear” and executed against a vessel, operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization, killed four narcoterrorists, US SouthCom said.
The vessel was confirmed by US intelligence to be carrying “illicit narcotics,” according to SouthCom.
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US Southern Command said in an X post,
On Dec. 4, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization.
Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was carrying illicit narcotics and transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed. #OpSouthernSpear
This comes as War Secretary Pete Hegseth faces smears from Democrats and leftist media, claiming that Hegseth is illegally conducting strikes against the narcoterrorists.
In a recent report, claiming that Hegseth ordered troops to “kill everybody,” Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) described the operations as “blatantly illegal,” adding, “Mark my words: It may take some time, but Americans will be prosecuted for this, either as a war crime or outright murder.”
Six Democratic lawmakers also recently made similar threats against members of the military, urging them to refuse the President’s orders, which they baselessly described as “illegal.” Trump has not given any illegal orders. This was an attempt to sow doubt and interfere with military operations.
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Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin (MI), a former CIA agent in the seditious conspiracy, later admitted that Trump has not given a single illegal order to members of the military. Still, she threatened service members with thinly veiled warnings, comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler and suggesting they may face Nuremberg-style military tribunals for following orders. She further pointed to movies like “A Few Good Men” to intimidate military members into thinking twice before they follow this President.
Hegseth responded to the firestorm of “fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting” on Friday, maintaining that the actions are lawful and align with the stated intention of the strikes to be “lethal, kinetic strikes.”
“Our current operations in the Caribbean are lawful under both U.S. and international law, with all actions in compliance with the law of armed conflict—and approved by the best military and civilian lawyers, up and down the chain of command,” Hegseth added.
President Trump has recently escalated military offenses against Venezuela and state-sponsored narcoterrorist operations, threatening land strikes against the cartels.
Trump has also declared the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela closed in a strong warning to “Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers.”
