U.S. Southern Command: '"This operation is a clear and decisive reminder that SOUTHCOM is taking the fight directly to the cartels."On August 23, under SOUTHCOM Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan’s direction, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal kinetic strike on a low-profile vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed two narco-terrorists.'