Trump administration officials described U.S. boat strikes off Ecuador as “Phase One,” led by SEAL Team Six, with a possible “Phase Two” involving Delta Force land operations, according to a New York Times report cited in an X post by @Osint613 shared over the past hour ending at 11:45 PM UTC on December 27, 2025. The X post at https://x.com/Osint613/status/2005046788668203234 provides the sole update within the reporting window from 10:45:45 PM to 11:45:34 PM UTC, linking the strikes to earlier revelations by the Washington Post on December 27, 2025, identifying one of two survivors as a convicted U.S. drug trafficker previously imprisoned for over three years after skippering a boat with more than a ton of cocaine. The Washington Post article at https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/27/us-drug-strike-survivors/ dismantles Ecuadorian claims that the survivor was a simple fisherman, documenting his deportation following U.S. interception, as shared in an earlier X post by @alandete.
