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Southern Command Shows Boat Blast, Trump Calls Armed Conflict.

4/27/2026

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Southern Command posted on X a clip of a boat exploding after a strike in eastern Pacific on Sunday.
The strike that killed three people is part of a campaign launched in early September against drug-trafficking vessels which caused at least 186 deaths.
President Donald Trump called United States an “armed conflict” with American cartels and defended strikes, although critics say military has offered no evidence the vessels carried drugs.

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Southern Command posted on X a clip of a boat exploding after a strike in eastern Pacific on Sunday.
The strike that killed three people is part of a campaign launched in early September against drug-trafficking vessels which caused at least 186 deaths.
President Donald Trump called United States an “armed conflict” with American cartels and defended strikes, although critics say military has offered no evidence the vessels carried drugs.