STORY: The U.S. military said it killed two men in a strike on a boat suspected of carrying drugs in international waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday (December 29).

"Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters," the U.S. Southern Command said in a post on X.

No U.S. personnel were harmed during the operation, the military said.

The post was accompanied by video footage of the strike on a vessel.

Reuters was not able to independently verify the location or the date when the video was filmed. Upon checking this footage, no old results were found.

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VIDEO SHOWS: STRIKE ON VESSEL CARRIED OUT BY THE U.S. MILITARY IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN / POST ON X BY THE U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND

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SHOWS: GIVEN AS EASTERN PACIFIC (RELEASED - DECEMBER 29, 2025) (U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND - Access all) (MUTE)

1. STRIKE ON VESSEL CARRIED OUT BY THE U.S. MILITARY IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN

INTERNET (DECEMBER 29, 2025) (SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - Access all) (MUTE)

2. POST ON X BY U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND, READING (English): “On Dec. 29, 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 in international waters. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Two male narco-terrorists were killed. No U.S. military forces were harmed. #OpSouthernSpear @DeptofWar @US_STRATCOM”