(The Center Square) — Operation Southern Spear, the new title for the Trump administration’s targeting of narco-terrorists in and around Latin America, was announced Thursday by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

Hegseth’s announcement comes amid reports that the U.S. conducted its 20th strike on suspected narco-terrorist marine vessels in Latin America, and two days after the nation’s newest and largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, and its strike group arrived in the Caribbean to support counter-narcotic operations.

“President Trump ordered action – and the Department of War is delivering. Today, I am announcing Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR,” Hegseth wrote on X. “Led by Joint Task Forces Southern Spear and SOUTHCOM, this mission defends our Homeland, removes narco-terrorists from our

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