US Announces 29th Strike on Drug Boat

More than 100 people have been killed so far in the U.S. strikes targeting drug traffickers.
US Announces 29th Strike on Drug Boat
Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducts a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters on Dec. 22, 2025, in a still from video. U.S. Southern Command
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The United States military Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) on Monday evening announced that the United States has carried out a 29th strike targeting drug runners in the waters off South and Central America.

“On Dec. 22, at the direction of [Secretary of War] Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a low-profile vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters,” SOUTHCOM wrote in a post on X.