Five people died when the United States struck two ships in the Pacific Ocean.

The Southern Spear Joint Task Force struck two vessels that were used to transport drugs, resulting in the deaths of five people. This was announced on January 1 by the press service of the Southern Command of the US Armed Forces.

"The Southern Spear Joint Task Force conducted a deadly kinetic strike on two vessels operated by organizations recognized as terrorist. Intelligence has confirmed that the vessels followed known drug trafficking routes and were engaged in drug trafficking," the message on the social network X (ex. Twitter)

On December 18, the Southern Command of the US Armed Forces reported that the US military had attacked a ship in the Pacific Ocean as part of an operation to combat "drug terrorists." As a result, four people died. A day later, it was reported that US military personnel attacked two ships in the eastern Pacific Ocean as part of an operation to combat drug smuggling, killing five people.

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