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U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet

U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet

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SOUTHCOM makes lethal boat strikes a public show: three vessels hit, eight killed in the Eastern Pacific

Force in Play

Operating unmanned surveillance initiatives that feed maritime domain awareness and interdiction targeting

What began as a made-for-video “counterdrug” campaign is now colliding with full-spectrum oversight politics. After SOUTHCOM’s Dec. 16 strike-footage release, the U.S. military publicly acknowledged additional lethal actions that pushed reported deaths past 100 across roughly 28 known strikes since Sept. 2—while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefed every member of Congress and signaled the Pentagon will not publicly release the full, unedited video record of the controversial Sept. 2 double-strike episode.

Updated Dec 20, 2025