"It was my great honor to destroy a very large DRUG-CARRYING SUBMARINE that was navigating towards the United States on a well known narcotrafficking transit route, Trump said in a social media post. U.S. Intelligence confirmed this vessel was loaded up with mostly Fentanyl, and other illegal narcotics. The Republican president said two people on board were killed one more than was previously reported and the two who survived are being sent to their home countries for detention and prosecution."
"With Trump's confirmation on his Truth Social platform of the death toll, that means U.S. military action against vessels in the region have killed at least 29 people. The president has justified the strikes by asserting that the United States is engaged in an armed conflict with drug cartels. He is relying on the same legal authority used by the George W. Bush administration when it declared a war on terrorism after the Sept. 11 attacks and is treating the suspected traffickers as if they were enemy soldiers in a traditional war."
Two survivors of a U.S. military strike on a suspected drug-carrying submersible in the Caribbean will be sent to Ecuador and Colombia, their home countries. The military rescued the pair after striking the vessel, which was at least the sixth similar attack since early September. U.S. intelligence assessed the submersible was loaded mostly with fentanyl and other illegal narcotics. President Trump said two people on board were killed—one more than previously reported—and two survivors will be repatriated for detention and prosecution. Trump's confirmation raises the death toll from U.S. maritime strikes to at least 29, and the administration invokes wartime legal authority to treat traffickers as enemy combatants.
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