Three more US strikes kill 8 suspected drug traffickers
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December 16, 2025Laurel V Williams
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THE US has carried out three more lethal strikes, killing eight people, in international waters as tensions escalate between the US and neighbouring Venezuela.
At 10.33 pm on December 15 via X (formerly Twitter), the US Southern Command (USSouthCom) posted on the latest operation.
It said that at the direction of the US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear held "lethal kinetic strikes" on three vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organisations (DTO) in international waters.
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