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he United States Army He stated this Friday that he had Four men were killed in A new attack on an alleged drug boat sailing in international waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
The US Army said in a statement issued amid controversy over the legality of these military operations against this type of ship and its crews: “Intelligence confirms that the ship was transporting illegal drugs and was crossing a known drug smuggling route.”
The “deadly kinetic attack” against this ship – the origin of which is unknown – was framed internally From the “Lanza del Sur” attack operations and It has been requested By the US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth Which the US Congress will investigate Possible war crime in a bombing against a similar ship on September 2.
On December 4, in the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a ship in international waters operated by a designated terrorist organization. Intelligence confirmed that the ship was carrying illegal drugs and… pic.twitter.com/pqksvxM3HP
— US Southern Command (@Southcom) December 4, 2025
The US military launched more than twenty attacks against alleged drug boats in the waters of the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean under the pretext of combating drug smuggling, and claimed the lives of more than 80 people under this premise.
Hegseth finds himself in the eye of the media storm yet The Washington Post He revealed that US forces had ordered a second attack on a ship in the Caribbean to eliminate two survivors from the first shot.
Moreover, this new bombing is occurring amid escalating tensions between the United States and Venezuela he Washington’s large-scale military deployment In the Caribbean, by order of the President of the United States, donald trump, To completely close the airspace of the Latin American country.
Although the Pole held a “cordial and respectful” telephone meeting a few days ago with his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas MaduroLast Tuesday, he met with his advisors to discuss the next steps in Venezuela.
The Republican president has insisted in recent days that, after he considers his campaign against drug trafficking at sea successful, he will begin launching “land” attacks in Venezuelan territory to eliminate targets linked to drug trafficking.
Colombia also reported being a victim of pressure from the Trump administration in this regard: Colombian President, Gustavo Pietrofiled a complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights regarding the possible extrajudicial execution of a fisherman in the Pacific Ocean during a US operation.