Hegseth Announces International Anti-Drug Operation

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announces Operation Southern Spear to “remove narco-terrorists from our hemisphere.”

• Hegseth does not provide further details in his post on X
• Operation led by a joint task force and US Southern Command

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