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- On December 29, the U.S. struck a drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific, killing two narco-terrorists.
- The strike is part of a counternarcotics campaign with at least 30 strikes and 107 fatalities since September.
- The U.S. Southern Command said the vessel was narco-trafficking but offered no evidence.
- U.S. President Donald Trump justified the strikes as needed to combat drug cartels, citing a Venezuela dock explosion linked to drug operations.
