The US military says three “narco-terrorists” were killed in a boat attack
“On April 19, at the direction of Commander Southern Command, Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Combined Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by designated terrorist organizations,” US Southern Command noted in a post on X.
He added, “Intelligence confirmed that the ship was passing through known drug smuggling routes in the region.” Caribbean The post continued: “He was involved in drug smuggling operations.”
The US military announced that it killed three “narco-terrorists” in a strike in the Caribbean on Sunday, April 19, 2026. (@Soutcom via X)
The Southern Command indicated that the attack resulted in the death of three men.
The post noted, “Three drug terrorists were killed during this action. No members of the American military forces were harmed.”
president Donald Trump The US administration carried out dozens of deadly strikes against the ships of alleged “narco-terrorists.”
The US military launches more deadly strikes against the ships of alleged “narco-terrorists.”
Donovan, nominee for commander of US Southern Command, testifies during a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on January 15, 2026. (Brendan Smalowski/AFP via Getty Images)
And in a very different part of the world, amid ongoing tensions between America and Iran, the United States attacked an Iranian-flagged cargo ship on April 19.
“The guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) intercepted the M/V Touska as it was transiting the North Arabian Sea at 17 knots en route to Bandar Abbas, Iran. U.S. forces issued multiple warnings and notified the Iranian-flagged ship that it was violating the U.S. blockade,” U.S. Central Command said. male.
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President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, April 16, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Siba/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“After the Tosca’s crew failed to comply with repeated warnings over a period of six hours, Spruance directed the ship to evacuate her engine room. Spruance disabled the Tosca’s propulsion by firing several rounds from the destroyer’s MK 45 5-inch gun into the Tosca’s engine room. U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit later boarded the non-compliant ship, which remains in U.S. custody.”
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