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Strike number 70 is in the books. U.S. Southern Command announced that Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere destroyed another go-fast narco boat in the Caribbean on October 4, killing four traffickers along a known smuggling route.The strike brings the campaign's totals to 70 boats hit and at least 235 narco-terr*rist traffickers killed since the administration began targeting the cartel fleets in September 2025.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signaled the campaign may expand, with U.S. forces repositioning toward the Western Hemisphere and partner nations running joint operations against the cartels.For decades the cartels shipped poison to American shores with impunity. Now the United States military is waiting for them.