{"id":2617056,"date":"2026-06-22T02:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-killed-in-lethal-kinetic-strike-in-caribbean-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T02:20:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:20:51","slug":"two-killed-in-lethal-kinetic-strike-in-caribbean-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-killed-in-lethal-kinetic-strike-in-caribbean-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Two killed in \u2018lethal kinetic strike\u2019 in Caribbean Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-killed-in-lethal-kinetic-strike-in-caribbean-sea%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2617056&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The United States military recently conducted its third \u201clethal kinetic strike\u201d within a week in the Caribbean Sea, as announced by Southern Command. The operation targeted a vessel believed to be involved in narco-trafficking, operating along known trafficking routes. The strike resulted in the deaths of two <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >male suspected narco-terrorists<\/a>, with six survivors found afterward. Following the attack, the U.S. military coordinated with the Coast Guard for search and recovery efforts. there have been 65 such strikes in the Southern Hemisphere this year, killing 211 individuals involved in drug trafficking.Earlier strikes in June also resulted in fatalities, with a total of three suspected terrorists killed in recent operations. The strikes are part of ongoing U.S. efforts to combat drug smuggling in the region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States military conducted its latest Operation Southern Spear strike in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday, Southern Command announced. Two people were killed in the \u201clethal kinetic strike,\u201d and six people reportedly survived the military operation in the Caribbean Sea. It was the third \u201clethal kinetic strike\u201d in the last week and the fourth total in June. The U.S. military announced the strike in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a> and a press release. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOn June 21, at the direction of<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/SOUTHCOM\"> #SOUTHCOM<\/a> commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations,\u201d read a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Southcom\/status\/2068879594753601678\">post<\/a> on X. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Two male narco-terrorists were killed during this action, and there were six male survivors.\u201d <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4618051\/bipartisan-housing-win-heads-trump-desk-zach-halaschak\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Rare bipartisan housing win heads to Trump\u2019s desk: Zach Halaschak<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4608181\/third-round-june-social-security-payments-goes-out-three-days\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Third round of June Social Security payments goes out in three days<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4608066\/july-social-security-direct-payment-worth-994-11-days\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>July Social Security direct payment worth $994 goes out in 11 days<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On June 21, at the direction of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/SOUTHCOM?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOUTHCOM<\/a> commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known\u2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/34cDvvcwxe\">pic.twitter.com\/34cDvvcwxe<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\u2014 U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Southcom\/status\/2068879594753601678?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the airstrike and the survivors were discovered, the U.S. military notified the U.S. Coast Guard to deploy personnel to the region and implement search and recovery efforts for the survivors, Southern Command announced. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\"><strong>ALMOST EIGHT IN TEN AMERICANS SAY US SHOULD END IRAN CONFLICT NOW: POLL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were two other\u00a0 \u201clethal kinetic strikes\u201d last week \u2014 the first on June 16 and the other on June 18. A total of three male suspected \u201cnarco-terrorists\u201d were killed in the two strikes. There were two survivors in the June 16 strike, Southern Command <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southcom.mil\/News\/PressReleases\/Article\/4519311\/lethal-kinetic-strike-june-16-2026\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. An earlier strike on June 3 left two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-suspected-narco-terrorists-killed-in-lethal-kinetic-strike-in-eastern-pacific\/\" title=\"Three suspected narco-terrorists killed in \u2018lethal kinetic ...\u2019 in eastern Pacific\">suspected narco-terrorists killed<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, there have been 65 strikes carried out on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-posts-footage-of-lethal-kinetic-strike-against-narcoterrorists-in-international-waters\/\" title=\"Trump Posts Footage of &#039;Lethal Kinetic ...&#039; Against Narcoterrorists in International Waters\">suspected drug trafficking vessels<\/a> in the Southern Hemisphere that have killed 211 people, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/10\/29\/us\/us-caribbean-pacific-boat-strikes.html?eafs_enabled=false\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tracker<\/a> by the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US conducts third Caribbean strike in a week, kills 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2617057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-collage-sdq36hn4e-1782107482452-e1782107556965.jpg?1782093167&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[81513,81514,9850],"class_list":["post-2617056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-caribbean-sea","tag-kinetic-strike-2","tag-mortality"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-collage-sdq36hn4e-1782107482452-e1782107556965.jpg?1782093167&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2617056"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2617060,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617056\/revisions\/2617060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2617057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2617056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2617056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2617056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}