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The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced Monday that the U.S. military carried out an operation targeting a drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific, leaving two people dead and one survivor.
“On Feb. 9, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations,” the agency said.
The U.S. Southern Command conducted a fatal strike Monday targeting a a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. (SOUTHCOM)
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Following the strike, the U.S. Southern Command said it immediately notified the U.S. Coast Guard to search for the survivor.
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