Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducts a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters on Dec. 22, 2025, in a still from video. U.S. Southern Command
The United States military Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) on Monday evening announced that the United States has carried out a 29th strike targeting drug runners in the waters off South and Central America.
“On Dec. 22, at the direction of [Secretary of War] Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a low-profile vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters,” SOUTHCOM wrote in a post on X.
