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Rubio pledges U.S. won't take unilateral action against drug trafficking despite recent strikes

Rubio said the U.S. will work with allies on anti-drug strikes and will act only case by case, after a strike killed three people.

  • On Thursday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio pledged in Lima that the United States would not take military action against narcotics traffickers without ally approval, emphasizing working with partners as "the most effective way to do it."
  • President Donald Trump's administration prioritizes asserting United States primacy in the Americas, frequently invoking the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine to counter growing Chinese influence and address regional drug trafficking issues.
  • Following the pledge, the United States military recently killed three people in a strike against those it called "narcoterrorists" operating a boat in the Caribbean Sea; Rubio insisted the military will "still blow up ships if need be."
  • Demonstrators in Lima chanted "Yankees out of Peru" during Rubio's visit, while the Chinese Embassy warned that the "Western Hemisphere is nobody's backyard," emphasizing Latin American countries have sovereign rights to choose partners.
  • Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori said a "new era in relations" between Peru and the United States began this week, noting the two countries successfully worked together combating drug trafficking in the past.
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Marco Rubio, U.S. Secretary of State, said his country will not take military action against drug cartels in Latin American countries without the consent of its allies. During his visit to Peru, Marco Rubio said that the U.S. has the capacity to fight the cartels individually, but he clarified that cooperation with its allies is a more affective way. Rubio dismisses U.S. actions against cartels without the consent of its alliesOn Thursday, Septe…

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LIMA (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised Thursday that the U.S. will not act militarily against drug traffickers in Latin America without the approval of its allies, even though President Donald Trump's government has been going on for a year...

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Rubio pledges US won't take unilateral action against drug trafficking despite recent strikes

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has pledged that the U.S. wouldn't take military action against drug traffickers in Latin American countries without the approval of its allies.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised Thursday that the U.S. will not act militarily against drug traffickers in Latin America without the approval of its allies, even though President Donald Trump's government has spent a year with a campaign of deadly attacks on alleged drug vessels in water...

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Associated Press News broke the news in New York, United States on Thursday, September 10, 2026.
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