SOUTHCOM replaces Southern Spear with Western Hemisphere task force targeting criminal networks

U.S. Southern Command replaced Operation Souther Spear with a new task force targeting narcoterrorism networks.

The U.S. military has officially retired the joint task force aimed at targeting suspected drug-carrying vessels coming from Central and South America, replacing it with a new command structure meant to handle the issue across the Western Hemisphere. Joint Task Force-Southern Spear was retired at midnight on Monday, pu