US forces obliterate suspected 'narco-terrorist' vessel in lethal Eastern Pacific strike, killing 3

A suspected drug-smuggling vessel was wiped out in a lethal U.S. military strike Wednesday in the Eastern Pacific, killing three alleged "narco-terrorists" aboard, according to the Department of War. Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere carried out the Sept. 9 strike under the direction of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) after intelligence allegedly tied the vessel to drug trafficking. "Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking," the department said in