U.S. Military Strikes Alleged Drug Boat in Caribbean, Killing 2
The campaign has killed at least 188 people since September, while officials say the vessel was on a known smuggling route.
- On Monday, the United States military struck a boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing two people, with Southern Command claiming it traveled along known drug-smuggling routes.
- Military campaigns targeting alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters have persisted for months, resulting in at least 188 deaths according to administration records.
- President Donald Trump has described the United States as being in "armed conflict" with Latin American cartels, justifying the strikes as necessary to reduce drug-related overdoses.
- Critics have questioned the legality of the boat strikes, as the administration has provided little evidence that destroyed vessels carried drugs or victims were "narcoterrorists."
- Despite the ongoing war in Iran, increased strikes have continued in recent weeks across the Pacific Ocean, showing the administration's aggressive strategy to combat drug threats remains unabated.
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This American anti-drug campaign, which was highly contested for its lack of evidence, has killed 187 people so far.
A new attack by the U.S. military against a narco-lank in the Eastern Pacific left three people dead; the operation was confirmed by the Southern Command, which claimed that the ship was linked to drug trafficking routes and operated by what it called "designated terrorist organizations", without specifying names or nationalities.The action against the narco occurred on Tuesday and is in addition to a series of similar interventions in the regio…
The last strike brought to fruition this controversial anti-drug campaign led by the US Army to 190 dead.
The U.S. announced Tuesday the destruction of a new boat allegedly associated with drug trafficking structures in international Pacific waters and claimed that the three crew members of the ship were killed in the attack.
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