弗朗西斯·多诺万将军独家披露了使用高科技无人机在丛林中开展行动的新细节，并表示在美军协助下发动地面打击也是选项之一。南方司令部发布的一段视频显示，5月29日，美军对加勒比海一艘涉嫌贩运毒品的船只实施了“致命动能打击”。
Gen. Francis Donovan shared exclusive new details on the use of high-tech drones in the jungle, says U.S.-assisted land strikes are an option A video released by Southcom shows a ‘lethal kinetic strike’ on an alleged narcotrafficking boat in the Caribbean on May 29.
在开始打击疑似运毒船只一年后，五角大楼正在大幅扩大军方在追踪拉丁美洲和加勒比海贩毒集团方面的作用，部署高科技无人机绘制走私网络，并派遣美军协助地面突袭。
One year after it began striking boats suspected of ferrying drugs, the Pentagon is dramatically expanding the military’s role in tracking drug cartels across Latin America and the Caribbean, deploying high-tech drones to map smuggling networks and sending U.S. troops to assist in ground raids.
负责此项行动的最高级别将领是一名海军陆战队四星上将，他曾多年在中东瓦解恐怖网络。他在最近一次采访中表示，目标是帮助该地区国家在美国协助下加强禁毒行动。
The top general in charge—a Marine four-star who spent years disrupting terror networks in the Middle East—said in a recent interview that the goal is to help countries in the region step up antidrug operations with U.S. assistance.