"In the days following its deadly attack on a vessel allegedly transporting Venezuelan drug smugglers through international waters, the administration of US President Donald Trump sent a unified message: The United States will not hesitate to strike so-called narco terrorists. Instead of interdicting [the vessel], on the president's orders, we blew it up, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday. list of 3 itemsend of list And it'll happen again. Maybe it's happening right now, he said."
"The public messaging campaign stretches back to Trump's first term, when he pondered bombing drug labs in Mexico, a pugilistic approach to Latin American cartels embraced by some segments of the Republican Party. Shortly after Trump took office in January, his administration moved to formalise its rhetoric, designating several Latin America-based cartels as foreign terrorist organisations. The label increases penalties for collabor"
The United States attacked a vessel allegedly transporting Venezuelan drug smugglers in international waters, killing 11 alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang. US officials publicly framed the strike as a refusal to hesitate against so-called narco-terrorists, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio declaring the vessel was blown up on presidential orders. The campaign mirrors tactics from the Global War on Terror, combining public signalling with contested legal rationales and designations of Latin American cartels as foreign terrorist organisations. Limited congressional willingness to check the administration raises concerns that such strikes could institutionalize extrajudicial military killings in the region.
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