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Trump administration destroys suspected cartel operatives in lethal Eastern Pacific strike
April 14, 2026
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US Southern Command killed two suspected cartel operatives believed to be trafficking narcotics in a lethal strike in the Eastern Pacific. On Monday, US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) posted to X about the strikes and stated that two “narco-terrorists” were killed. Two days earlier, SOUTHCOM revealed two vessels were struck by “lethal kinetic strikes”, with five suspected narco-terrorists killed in both strikes.
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The strikes continue the Trump administration’s crackdown on cartel-linked traffickers who smuggle drugs from Central America toward the US.
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