U.S. military forces conducted the first lethal strike of Operation Southern Spear, destroying a small ‘go-fast’ boat in the Southern Caribbean in international waters off Venezuela, killing 11 people. The White House later confirmed that Admiral Frank M. ‘Mitch’ Bradley ordered a second follow-on strike on survivors, prompting Senator Tim Kaine to state the incident ‘rises to the level of a war crime if it’s true.’ Secretary Hegseth and Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell called reporting on the follow-on strike ‘fake news.’
First Lethal Strike Under Operation Southern Spear