LATIN AMERICA - President Donald Trump stated during an Oval Office interaction that U.S. land strikes against drug operations in Latin America, including Venezuela, and even suggesting Columbia, and other countries making or selling drugs being trafficked to the United States would begin soon.
This followed maritime strikes under Operation Southern Spear since September, which reduced sea trafficking by 92-96 percent according to the administration. Trump emphasized easier land targeting after water successes, extending warnings to Colombia's President Gustavo Petro for alleged cartel aid.
CARIBBEAN - According to U.S. Southern Command, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere struck a go-fast vessel, a small fast boat, in the Caribbean on October 4.
CARIBBEAN SEA - Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere carried out a lethal kinetic strike on September 9 against a go-fast vessel, a small high-speed boat, on routes the command called established narco-trafficking lanes in the Caribbean.
EASTERN PACIFIC - U.S. Southern Command said Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere forces on September 7 interdicted a vessel the command described as a floating refueling station supporting at-sea drug trafficking in the Eastern Pacific.
EASTERN PACIFIC - On August 23, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere carried out a strike on a low-profile vessel operating along routes SOUTHCOM described as established narco-trafficking routes, according to U.S. Southern Command.
