US military strikes alleged narco-trafficking vessel in Caribbean, killing 4 'narco-terrorists'

September 19. A go-fast boat. Four dead. Two hundred thirty-one on the year.

Summary

Fox News reports U.S. Southern Command said that on September 19, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere, under SOUTHCOM, carried out a lethal strike on a go-fast vessel on established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean, killing four alleged narco-terrorists.
SOUTHCOM said confirmed intelligence showed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking and released video of the boat erupting in a fireball.
On Sept. 9 the military reported a similar strike that killed three. Fox said the Trump campaign against suspected cartel vessels has produced at least 231 deaths tied to at least 69 reported strikes over roughly one year.
SOUTHCOM has also released boarding videos of crews being removed and boats sunk. Many recent operations targeted vessels allegedly tied to Los Choneros, which the military has called a violent narco-terrorist organization.

Commentary

A Gulf dad still hoses a deck at dawn and knows a go-fast wake is supposed to mean a fishing run, not a fireball on a trafficking line. He did not pay the levy so four more names could wait for a press conference.

September 19. Four. September 9. Three. Sixty-nine strikes. Two hundred thirty-one. Los Choneros. The linoleum in that SOUTHCOM watch room still holds the heat. The honest household already bought the overtime for the 69.

Look every working father who still locks a Gulf dock after a night shift in the eye and answer this: if 231 already came off those routes, who still owns the next go-fast a cartel tries to send?

Comments

If 231 already came off those routes, who still owns the next go-fast?

u/border_dad · 5h

Sept. 19. Four dead. 69 strikes. Keep those three stamps.

u/midwest_vet · 4h

I stood a gate so a trafficking wake still meant a hold. A fireball is not a weather report.

u/rule_first · 4h

SOUTHCOM: confirmed intelligence. Los Choneros named. Print both.

u/tokyo_ally · 3h

Allied decks still treat a narco go-fast as a breach, not a photo op.

u/docket_rat · 3h

231 deaths. 69 strikes. One year. File the three.

u/night_shift · 2h

I still hose a deck at 2 a.m. I want the next Caribbean lane empty of a load.

u/texas_mom · 90m

A go-fast fireball is not a vibe. It is a warning the street already paid.

u/gulf_watch · 55m

A Choneros hull on a trafficking line is a second border around every honest dock.

u/press_clip · 30m

Fox printed Sept. 19, four, and 231. Argue those nouns.

u/soc_lead · 15m

Hold the 69. Keep the boardings. A go-fast is not a souvenir.

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