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The U.S. Southern Command said connected Monday (December 15, 2025) that it carried retired strikes connected 3 vessels successful planetary waters, sidesplitting 8 men.
“Intelligence confirmed that the vessels were transiting on known narco-trafficking routes successful the Eastern Pacific and were engaged successful narco-trafficking,” the subject said successful a station connected X.
The United States struck much than 20 vessels successful the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea adjacent Venezuela arsenic portion of a subject run President Donald Trump has launched connected cause smuggling from the region.
At slightest 90 suspected cause smugglers person been killed successful the process.
The usage of the subject to onslaught suspected cause vessels marks a stark departure from however the U.S. has historically dealt with them.
The Trump medication has sought to support the legality of the strikes, which immoderate ineligible experts person said magnitude to unlawful extrajudicial killings.
“Our operations successful the Southcom portion are lawful nether some U.S. and planetary law, with each actions successful compliance with the Law of Armed Conflict,” Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson told reporters earlier this month.
The strikes are viewed arsenic the precursor to U.S. onshore strikes connected Venezuela that Mr. Trump has said volition soon start.
