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A Joint Task Force Southern Spear team struck a narco-terrorist vessel transiting a well-known Pacific drug corridor, killing four militants with no U.S. casualties, according to a post Wednesday night shared on X<\/a> by U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).<\/p>\n

Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization.<\/p>\n

The strike occurred Wednesday in international waters along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific. Four male narco-terrorists were killed, according to the Department of War.<\/p>\n

No U.S. military personnel were harmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The operation was initiated at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth<\/a> after intelligence verified the vessel\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n

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SOUTHCOM said it carried out a lethal kinetic strike that killed four male narco-terrorists in the Eastern Pacific.<\/span> (U.S. Southern Command via X)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Joint Task Force Southern Spear was established to help unify Navy, Coast Guard, intelligence and special operations assets to rapidly strike time-sensitive targets at sea.<\/p>\n

Fox News confirmed that 98 casualties have resulted from these strikes since they began on Sept. 2.<\/p>\n

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The Pentagon has not released the identities of the four killed narco-terrorists or the specific terrorist organization involved.<\/p>\n

The Department of War did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.<\/p>\n

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