{"id":130827,"date":"2026-05-05T21:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/three-suspected-narco-terrorists-killed-in-us-military-strike-on-drug-trafficking-vessel-in-eastern-pacific-130827"},"modified":"2026-05-05T21:42:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:42:00","slug":"three-suspected-narco-terrorists-killed-in-us-military-strike-on-drug-trafficking-vessel-in-eastern-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/three-suspected-narco-terrorists-killed-in-us-military-strike-on-drug-trafficking-vessel-in-eastern-pacific-130827","title":{"rendered":"Three suspected narco-terrorists killed in US military strike on drug-trafficking vessel in Eastern Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said Tuesday that the U.S. military carried out a lethal strike on a vessel in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/pacific\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eastern Pacific<\/a>, killing three suspected narco-terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>The strike, which was conducted by Joint Task Force Southern Spear at the direction of Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, targeted a vessel that was operating along known narco-trafficking corridors and engaged in narco-trafficking activity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No U.S. service members were injured in the operation, according <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/us-military-strikes-narco-terrorist-vessels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to SOUTHCOM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,&#8221; the command wrote on X. &#8220;Three male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/us-military-kills-3-latest-strike-suspected-drug-vessel-pacific\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>US MILITARY KILLS 3 IN LATEST STRIKE ON A SUSPECTED DRUG VESSEL IN THE PACIFIC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOUTHCOM did not immediately release further information about those killed.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military has carried out numerous strikes in recent months on suspected drug-smuggling vessels as part of a broader campaign to dismantle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/cartels-fear-us-retaliation-trump-era-pressure-reshapes-strategy-they-fear-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cartel-linked trafficking<\/a> operations.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes a day after SOUTHCOM said it conducted a similar strike in the Caribbean on Monday, killing two suspected drug traffickers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/us-kills-2-suspected-drug-traffickers-boat-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>US KILLS 2 MORE SUSPECTED DRUG TRAFFICKERS IN BOAT STRIKE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, on April 24, SOUTHCOM carried out a lethal strike on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing two suspected narco-terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>That strike followed less than a week after SOUTHCOM said it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conducted an operation<\/a> in the Caribbean, killing three suspected narco-terrorists.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/us-military-launches-first-ever-autonomous-warfare-command-deploy-unmanned-systems-across-latin-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>US MILITARY LAUNCHES FIRST-EVER AUTONOMOUS WARFARE COMMAND TO DEPLOY UNMANNED SYSTEMS ACROSS LATIN AMERICA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOUTHCOM is responsible for military operations in Central and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/latin-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South America<\/a> and the Caribbean, including counter-narcotics missions aimed at disrupting drug trafficking networks that threaten U.S. interests.<\/p>\n<p>The Eastern Pacific remains a key corridor for narcotics trafficking, with cartels often using small, fast-moving vessels to transport drugs toward the U.S. and Central America.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News Digital&#8217;s Bradford Betz, Michael Sinkewicz, Alex Nitzberg and Greg Wehner contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/three-suspected-narco-terrorists-killed-us-military-strike-drug-trafficking-vessel-eastern-pacific\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/three-suspected-narco-terrorists-killed-us-military-strike-drug-trafficking-vessel-eastern-pacific <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said Tuesday that the U.S. military carried out a lethal strike on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing three suspected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-130827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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