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In Trump’s drug war, prisoners may be too much of a legal headache, experts say

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — When two alleged drug traffickers survived a U.S. military strike last week in the Caribbean, they left the Trump administration with a decision to make: send them back home,…

John McCarthy October 20, 2025

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Invest 98-L moves south of the USVI and Puerto Rico

[OCTOBER 20] A Tropical Wave (Invest 98-L) moves south of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands: -It is likely to become a depression or tropical storm in the next…

John McCarthy October 20, 2025

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US conducts seventh strike on boat allegedly involved in drug trafficking in the Caribbean

WASHINGTON (CNN) — War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced today that the US conducted a strike Friday on a boat that American intelligence officials believed was involved in illegal drug trafficking…

John McCarthy October 19, 2025

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Trump says he’s cutting off all subsidies to Colombia, accuses Prez Gustavo Petro of being ‘illegal drug leader’

President Trump accused Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro of being an “illegal drug leader” and announced that his administration is cutting off all subsidies to the Latin American country. Trump further…

John McCarthy October 19, 2025

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US returning Caribbean strike survivors to Colombia and Ecuador, Trump says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States is sending the two survivors of a Thursday strike in the Caribbean to their home countries of Colombia and Ecuador to be detained and…

John McCarthy October 19, 2025

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Tropical wave Invest 98-L forecast

[October 19] Tropical Wave Invest 98-L Associated moisture will bring showers and possible thunderstorms , mainly across the U.S. Virgin Islands and east-southeast Puerto Rico tonight and tomorrow. We're monitoring…

John McCarthy October 19, 2025

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Colombia accuses US of ‘murder’ after strike on boat

BOGATA (BBC) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro has accused the US of committing "murder" following a strike carried out on a boat in Colombian territorial waters in September. In a…

John McCarthy October 19, 2025

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U.S. is repatriating survivors of its strike on suspected drug vessel

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (NYT) — The Trump administration is repatriating two survivors of a deadly U.S. strike this week on suspected drug runners in the Caribbean Sea rather than prosecute them…

John McCarthy October 19, 2025

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US Embassy issues warning to Americans in Trinidad and Tobago as tensions with Venezuela escalate

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago cautioned Americans on Saturday to stay away from American government facilities on the twin-island nation. It was an unusual warning that…

John McCarthy October 19, 2025

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Trinidadian family says U.S. military killed relative in boat attack

PORT OF SPAIN (NYT) — Chad Joseph, a 26-year-old from Trinidad and Tobago who had been living in Venezuela in recent months, told his family he would soon be taking…

John McCarthy October 19, 2025