Boom—another cartel vessel is history, as U.S. forces unleashed a devastating strike in the eastern Pacific Ocean, sending a clear message to drug traffickers.
According to Breitbart, under Operation Southern Spear, the U.S. Southern Command executed a lethal operation on Thursday, killing four suspected narco-terrorists and obliterating their smuggling boat in international waters.
This marks the 22nd strike against cartel-linked traffickers in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean, and the 12th specifically in the Pacific under this hard-hitting campaign.
Operation Southern Spear isn’t just a catchy name—it’s a U.S. military effort to dismantle narcotics trafficking networks across the Western Hemisphere.
With nearly 90 narco-terrorists taken out in these operations, including the four from Thursday’s strike, the body count for cartels is climbing fast.
Intelligence reports, as highlighted by Navy Admiral Frank ‘Mitch’ Bradley, show these strikes are disrupting key trafficking routes and forcing cartels to burn through resources just to keep their deadly trade afloat.
Thursday’s operation, the first since mid-November, saw a heavily laden smuggling vessel with three outboard motors reduced to rubble, with unclassified video of the destruction shared on X for all to see.
Directed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, the strike targeted four male suspects, underscoring the Trump administration’s no-nonsense approach to narco-terrorism.
Admiral Bradley, speaking during a closed-door congressional briefing that morning, staunchly defended the campaign’s legality and its critical role in safeguarding national security.
Not everyone’s cheering, though—some lawmakers, mostly Democrats, question whether these strikes overstep President Trump’s authority as Commander in Chief.
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, grumbled, “This briefing confirmed my worst fears about the nature of the Trump administration’s military activities.” Well, Senator, perhaps the real fear should be the flood of deadly drugs pouring into American communities unchecked for decades.
Contrast that with Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, who hit the nail on the head: “What’s disturbing to me is that millions of Americans have died from drugs being run to America by these cartels.”
Let’s clear the air on a pesky rumor—a Washington Post report falsely claimed Secretary Hegseth ordered a so-called “double-tap” strike on Sept. 2 in the Caribbean that took out 11 smugglers. Turns out, that operation was green-lit by Admiral Bradley himself, not Hegseth, proving once again that the progressive media’s rush to smear often outpaces the facts.
Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson doubled down, stating, “Our operations in the Southcom region are lawful under both U.S. and international law, with all actions in compliance with the Law of Armed Conflict.” If that’s not a mic drop on the critics, what is?