Five people were killed on December 31 during a US military kinetic attack on two ships belonging to designated terrorist organizations involved in narcotics trafficking, the US Southern Command said on Wednesday.
Intelligence confirmed the ships were transiting along known drug smuggling routes and were involved in drug trafficking at the time of the operation, officials said.
In total, five people described as narco-terrorists were killed during the actions, officials said, including three on board the first ship and two on board the second.
US MILITARY DESTROYS NARCO-TERROR CONVOY OF THREE SHIPS AT SEA IN KINETIC ATTACKS
The War Department identified the operation as part of Operation Southern Spear.
Video released in connection with the operation shows an attack on a ship at sea. Military officials have not clarified whether additional fighting took place beyond those shown in the unclassified video.
Another strike was announced earlier in the day, but it is unclear at this time if the two are connected.
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Video shows a kinetic attack on a narco-terrorist ship in international waters from Wednesday, December 31. (US Southern Command via X)
The US Southern Command has not provided further comment to Fox News Digital at this time.
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