Tomi McCluskey

Overnight, US Southern Command disclosed the killing of three individuals in the seventh maritime strike in May. Source: x.com/Southcom/status/2060905355584913759

US SOUTHCOM has disclosed a 6th maritime strike in May alone. The known death toll from the 9-month campaign now reaches 200. Source: x.com/Southcom/sta... @bcfinucane.bsky.social

Video of press conference (Korean): www.yonhapnewstv.co.kr/news/MYH2026...

USCG Cutter Tahoma stopped 3 drug vessels off Colombia, used warning shots, then aerial sniper fire on engines to halt one non-compliant boat — smugglers jumped, all were rescued. ~$45.8M cocaine seized. Escalation of force. Zero deaths. Source: www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releas...

CENTCOM commander on Iran today: Cooper: There is one active civilian casualty investigation from the 13,629 munitions Gillibrand: So then how do you explain the publicly available information that 22 schools have been hit and multiple hospitals? Cooper: There's no way we can corroborate that

Iranian media posts video of today's boarding/seizure of MSC FRANCESCA (IMO: 9401116) and EPAMINONDAS (IMO: 9153862) - both cargo ships. Source: t.me/Tasnimnews/4... @mercoglianos.bsky.social @covertshores.bsky.social

"According to #MarineTraffic data, two of its Ultra Large Container Vessels, CSCL Indian Ocean and CSCL Arctic Ocean, attempted to transit the strait but turned back at approximately 03:20 and 03:50 UTC, indicating that safe passage could not be guaranteed." Source: x.com/MarineTraffi...

Uncertain times for shipping: Overnight, two vessels of container shipping giant COSCO appeared to attempt to transit the Strait of Hormuz, only to turn around at Larak Island, which is thought to be an inspection point for vessels that have secured safe passage. Source: x.com/MarineTraffi...

Steven Umana, Regional Operations Coordinator, Costa Rican Red Cross on the survivor of Thursday's maritime strike by US Southcom: “A person with severe burns and significant chest trauma is being transported in critical condition to Golfito Hospital."

⚡ United States Claims Sinking of Iranian Frigate IRIS Dena off Southern Sri Lanka First claimed kill of a US submarine since 1945. Source: US Department of Defense x.com/deptofwar/st...

🧵 3 of 3 Video shared by US Southern Command to announce beginning of operations. Source: x.com/Southcom/sta...

Both Marco Rubio and the US president have argued that the maritime strikes are effective as deterrence. On December 19th, Rubio stated that no one wants to get on drug boats in the Caribbean. Today's strike was the third this year in the Caribbean. www.state.gov/releases/off...

Today, the United States announced the twelfth vessel suspected of transporting drugs targeted in 2026. Three persons reported killed. Forty-five vessels have been destroyed since September 2nd, 2025. With 11 survivors presumed dead, the death toll rises to 151. Source: x.com/Southcom/sta...

Video shared by @FuerzaAereaCol on X of an interdiction of a go-fast vessel carrying 413kg of cocaine in Caribbean, 70nm north of La Guajira, Colombia. Two Venezuelan nationals detained by Colombian Navy and Air Force. Lethal force was not used in the operation. www.fac.mil.co/es/noticias/...

The US disclosed another maritime strike yesterday in the Eastern Pacific. Three people were reported killed, raising the death toll since September 2nd to 147 — with one survivor from an earlier strike this month still unaccounted for. Video: X @SOUTHCOM www.southcom.mil/News/PressRe...

Mexican Navy interdicts semi-submersible 250 nautical miles south-southwest of Manzanillo this week. 3 persons detained, 179 packages of suspected contraband seized. Lethal force was not used in the operation. Video from X @SEMAR_mx www.gob.mx/semar/prensa... @covertshores.bsky.social

United States Southern Command footage of yesterday's strike: Source: x.com/Southcom/sta...

US Southern Command announced another maritime strike last evening, destroying a semi-submersible in the Eastern Pacific. The 30th vessel struck since September 2nd. Source: x.com/Southcom/sta...

US Coast Guard's largest maritime interdiction in 18+ years: over 9,000 kg seized. Came the same week as successful interdictions ops by Colombia and Dominican Republic. Video shows helicopter sniper fire, likely disabling engines. @mercoglianos.bsky.social Source: x.com/USCG/status/...

The Colombian Navy interdicted a go-fast vessel carrying 2,621 kg of cocaine hydrochloride in the Caribbean. (Source: Colombian Navy via X, 2 December) x.com/ArmadaColomb...

The US Conducted another maritime strike last evening, the first since November 15th. Four persons were reported killed. Source: x.com/Southcom/sta...