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Rubio pledges U.S. won't take unilateral action against drug trafficking despite recent strikes
Rubio said the U.S. will work with allies on anti-drug strikes and will act only case by case, after a strike killed three people.
- On Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio pledged in Lima that the United States would not take military action against narcotics traffickers without ally approval, emphasizing working with partners as "the most effective way to do it."
- President Donald Trump's administration prioritizes asserting United States primacy in the Americas, frequently invoking the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine to counter growing Chinese influence and address regional drug trafficking issues.
- Following the pledge, the United States military recently killed three people in a strike against those it called "narcoterrorists" operating a boat in the Caribbean Sea; Rubio insisted the military will "still blow up ships if need be."
- Demonstrators in Lima chanted "Yankees out of Peru" during Rubio's visit, while the Chinese Embassy warned that the "Western Hemisphere is nobody's backyard," emphasizing Latin American countries have sovereign rights to choose partners.
- Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori said a "new era in relations" between Peru and the United States began this week, noting the two countries successfully worked together combating drug trafficking in the past.
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Rubio pledges US won’t take unilateral action against drug trafficking despite recent strikes
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio pledged Thursday that the U.S. would not take military action against narcotics traffickers in Latin American countries without the approval of its allies, even as the Trump administration keeps up a yearlong campaign of deadly strikes against alleged drug boats in international waters. Standing next to…
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Rubio pledges US won't take unilateral action against drug trafficking despite recent strikes
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has pledged that the U.S. wouldn't take military action against drug traffickers in Latin American countries without the approval of its allies.
·New York, United States
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