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4 killed in latest US strike on alleged drug boat in Eastern Pacific: Hegseth

WASHINGTON (ABC) — Four people were killed in the latest U.S. military airstrike on an alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in…

John McCarthy October 30, 2025

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14 dead in more strikes against alleged drug boats, War sec says

WASHINGTON (ABC) — The U.S. has carried out strikes against four more alleged drug vessels in the Eastern Pacific, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday, killing 14 people. "Yesterday, at…

John McCarthy October 28, 2025

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Why blowing up Venezuelan boats won’t stop the flow of drugs

CARACAS (NYT) — The U.S. military has killed at least 43 people in recent strikes on small boats that it says were smuggling drugs off the coast of Venezuela. President…

John McCarthy October 27, 2025

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US to escalate military presence in South America with aircraft carrier group

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump’s administration escalated a U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean on Friday by announcing the deployment of the Gerald Ford aircraft carrier group to Latin…

John McCarthy October 24, 2025

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US strike against alleged drug vessel in Caribbean kills six, Pentagon says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A U.S. strike against an alleged drug vessel killed six suspected "narco-terrorists" in the Caribbean, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday, the latest operation in…

John McCarthy October 24, 2025

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Another US strike in Caribbean targets alleged drug-running boat, killing 6, Hegseth says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has conducted its 10th strike on a suspected drug-running boat, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday, blaming the Tren de Aragua gang for operating the vessel…

John McCarthy October 24, 2025

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UN experts say US strikes against Venezuela in international waters amount to ‘extrajudicial executions’

NEW YORK (Reuters) — U.S. strikes against Venezuela in international waters are a dangerous escalation and amount to "extrajudicial executions," a group of independent United Nations experts said on Tuesday.…

John McCarthy October 23, 2025

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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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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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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