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The U.S. Coast Guard says it seized over $220 million worth of cocaine in multiple recent interceptions of alleged drug boats. At least one operation apparently left a small vessel burning. The crew of the USCG Cutter Midgett intercepted four different alleged drug-smuggling vessels off the coasts of Mexico, Central America and South America during August and September, the agency …

Colombian president: Trump’s boat strikes won’t stop narco traffickers  The Washington Post Opinion | A military campaign against the drug trade would be unconstitutional  The Washington Post Trump Says U.S. Military Attacked a Third Suspected Drug Boat, Killing Three  The New York Times A Rogue Nation on the High Seas  The Atlantic Getting Away with Murder | David Cole  The New York Review of Books …

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Sunday they have confiscated some of the cocaine transported by a speedboat that was destroyed recently by the U.S. Navy, as the Trump administration carries out a controversial anti-narcotics mission in the southern Caribbean. In a press conference, the Dominican Republic’s National Directorate for Drug Control said it recovered 377 …

President Trump listens to a reporter’s question in the Oval Office of the White House on Friday Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday the U.S. military has carried out its third fatal strike against an alleged drug smuggling vessel this month. Trump in a social media posting said the strike killed …

Trump Says U.S. Military Attacked a Third Suspected Drug Boat, Killing Three  The New York Times Trump orders ‘lethal kinetic strike’ on alleged drug trafficking boat in international waters, three killed  Fox News A Rogue Nation on the High Seas  The Atlantic US military kills 3 in second deadly strike against ‘narcoterrorists’ in international waters, Trump says  CNN Boat strikes trap Dems between oversight …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday the U.S. military has carried out its third fatal strike against an alleged drug smuggling vessel this month. Trump in a social media posting said the strike killed three and was carried out against a vessel “affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility.” He did …

Trump discloses U.S. targeted a third alleged drug boat from Venezuela  The Washington Post US military kills 3 in second deadly strike against ‘narcoterrorists’ in international waters, Trump says  CNN WATCH: Patel declines to offer legal justification for Trump administration strikes on Venezuelan boats  PBS Opinion | Trump brings the war on terrorism to the Caribbean  The Washington Post Venezuela’s President Maduro Denounces U.S. …

Trump Says US Military Hit Third Drug Boat From Venezuela  Bloomberg.com US military kills 3 in second deadly strike against ‘narcoterrorists’ in international waters, Trump says  CNN Trump discloses U.S. targeted a third alleged drug boat from Venezuela  The Washington Post WATCH: Patel declines to offer legal justification for Trump administration strikes on Venezuelan boats  PBS Venezuela’s President Maduro Denounces U.S. Boat Attack, as …

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro points at a map of the Americas during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday. Jesus Vargas/AP hide caption toggle caption Jesus Vargas/AP WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said the U.S. military on Monday again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three aboard the vessel, and hinted that the military targeting of …

U.S. kills 3 in strike on alleged drug boat from Venezuela, Trump says  The Washington Post Trump Says U.S. Military Struck Another Boat From Venezuela: Live Updates  The New York Times US military kills 3 in second deadly strike against ‘narcoterrorists’ in international waters, Trump says  CNN US military carries out second strike on Venezuelan narcoterrorists in international waters  Fox News The Many Ways …