US forces on Friday struck another drug smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific.
“Two narco-terrorists were killed, and one survived the strike,” Southern Command said in a statement.
This marks at least 36 drug boats destroyed in the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean Sea, since the operations began on September 2, 2025. It’s also the first known strike since Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro was captured on January 3, 2026.
At least 117 “narco-terrorists” have been killed in these strikes.
Trump sent the military into Venezuela guns a blazing earlier this month, and Maduro is now in a New York prison awaiting trial on charges of narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and Destructive Devices against the United States. No American military members were killed in the daring, middle-of-the-night operation.
After Maduro’s arrest in Caracas, Trump posted the following video of the strikes, which targeted at least four sites around Caracas, Venezuela. No US troops were killed in the operation.
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Just hours before the capture of Maduro in Venezuela, US Southern Command said in a statement that operations to “disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland” would continue. “New year. Same mission,” the statement read.
And the mission continued.
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US Southern Command said in a statement on X:
On Jan. 23, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Two narco-terrorists were killed and one survived the strike. Following the engagement, USSOUTHCOM immediately notified @USCG to activate the Search and Rescue system for the survivor.
The US military last struck two boats on New Year’s Eve, killing five.
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