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fromTruthout
3 hours ago

Democrats Move to Block Trump's "Wildly Disproportionate" Boat Strike Operation

House Democrats introduced a War Powers Resolution to block Trump administration boat strikes and demand removal of military actions seen as disproportionate and warlike without a credible rationale.
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fromFortune
2 days ago

The Coast Guard has seized a record amount of cocaine - while Trump says interdiction has failed and is blowing up suspected drug boats | Fortune

The Trump administration replaced decades-long maritime interdiction policy by authorizing military strikes that destroyed suspected drug boats, causing deaths and provoking international criticism.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
4 days ago

US escalates its campaign against narco-terrorism' in Latin America with the launch of Operation Southern Spear

The U.S. Defense Secretary announced Operation Southern Spear, a military campaign led by Joint Task Force Southern Spear to remove narco-terrorists in the Western Hemisphere.
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

The US is sending a strike group led by the Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier to support Trump's new drug war

A significant amount of additional firepower is being sent to support President Donald Trump's new drug war. The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, led by the Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier, and its embarked carrier air wing will be diverted from the Mediterranean to the US Southern Command area of responsibility, according to a Friday Pentagon statement. The move marks a notable expansion of US military forces in the region.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

JUST IN: Hegseth Sending Aircraft Carrier to Latin America's Coast in Major Escalation'

The U.S. is sending the USS Gerald R. Ford to Latin America to strengthen detection, disruption, and dismantling of narcotics trafficking and Transnational Criminal Organizations.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 weeks ago

Pakistan navy seizes drugs worth nearly $1bn in the Arabian Sea

Pakistan Navy, operating with Combined Maritime Forces, seized over $972 million in narcotics from two stateless dhows in the Arabian Sea within 48 hours.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Colombia recalls US ambassador amid spat with Trump over strikes on alleged drug boats

Colombia has recalled its ambassador to Washington amid a furious war of words between Colombian president Gustavo Petro and Donald Trump over deadly US strikes on boats in the Caribbean. The row took a sharp turn this weekend when Petro accused the US of murdering a Colombian fisher in an attack on a vessel in its territorial waters. Petro and his administration said the mid-September strike was a direct threat to national sovereignty and that the victim was a lifelong fisherman and a humble
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fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

US strikes alleged drug boat near Venezuelan waters DW 10/03/2025

U.S. military struck a small boat in international waters near Venezuela, killing four alleged narco-terrorists amid a declared armed conflict with drug cartels.
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fromThe Washington Post
2 months ago

Hegseth in Puerto Rico as Pentagon eyes island for military usage

The Pentagon is intensifying military operations against Latin American drug cartels, potentially using Puerto Rico as a regional hub for strikes, flights, and fighter deployments.
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fromABC News
2 months ago
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2 Venezuelan military aircraft flew near US Navy vessel in 'highly provocative move,' Pentagon says

fromABC News
2 months ago
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2 Venezuelan military aircraft flew near US Navy vessel in 'highly provocative move,' Pentagon says

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fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

By blowing up a suspected cartel boat, the US signaled it's bringing War on Terror tactics to the drug war

The US conducted a lethal airstrike in the Caribbean against a Venezuelan-linked drug vessel, shifting to counterterrorism-style tactics against drug cartels.
fromThe Washington Post
2 months ago

U.S. sends 8 warships south on anti-cartel mission, unsettling Venezuela

The U.S. Navy is surging eight warships to the Caribbean and Pacific waters near several Central and South American countries, a significant buildup for a region that has rarely seensuch a large presence of U.S. military vessels and a move that has escalated tensions with nearby Venezuela. The ships are part of an "enhanced counter narcotics operation" to carry out drug interdiction missions in Latin America, a defense official told The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity, to provide details
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