"Since 2006, Canadian warships and patrol aircraft have participated in Operation Caribbe, a US-led but multinational "enhanced counter-narcotics" operation in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and the eastern Pacific Ocean. Our planes and ships identify and track "vessels of interest," which a detachment of the US Coast Guard then boards, inspects, and, if drugs are found, seizes. Their crews may even be brought to the US to face charges."
"Our Department of National Defence (DND) is quick to point out, when asked by media, that Operation Caribbe, which operates in "co-ordination" with the US Coast Guard, is " separate and distinct" from the Donald Trump administration's unilateral, we're-just-going-to-kill-people-that-bring-drugs-into-our-country approach being carried out by the US military. Since September 2, US Air Force planes have blown up twenty-one-and-counting vessels in those same waters, killing at least eighty people. Without offering evidence, US president Trump claimed the boats were smuggling drugs into the US."
Canadian warships and patrol aircraft have participated in Operation Caribbe since 2006, identifying and tracking vessels of interest while US Coast Guard detachments board, inspect, and seize vessels when drugs are found. The Canadian Armed Forces report contributing to the disruption or seizure of more than 123 metric tonnes of cocaine, with an estimated street value exceeding $4.41 billion. The Department of National Defence maintains that Operation Caribbe operates in coordination with the US Coast Guard and is separate from recent US military attacks on suspected smuggling vessels. US Air Force strikes since September 2 have destroyed vessels and killed dozens, and at least one case involved US military provision of location information.
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