US EditionUS carries out new strike in Caribbean, killing 3 alleged drug smugglers
- On Nov 2, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced U.S. military forces struck a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in international waters of the Caribbean, killing three men on board with no U.S. casualties.
- At the direction of President Donald Trump, the Department of War struck a vessel known by U.S. intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, with Hegseth calling it part of a campaign to `track them, map them, hunt them, and kill them`.
- The strike marks at least the 15th U.S. operation since early September against vessels and crews in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, with Washington killing at least 64 people, the Pentagon described the target as a `Designated Terrorist Organisation`.
- Lawmakers from both parties have pressed the administration for details on legal basis, targeted groups, and designation criteria, while Senate Democrats led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have sought legal opinions and designated organisation lists from defence, state, and intelligence officials.
- Rights groups and legal experts have questioned the legality of the operations, arguing the strikes violate international law and prompting criticism from regional governments, while last month the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group was directed to support them.
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Schumer, Dems want answers about strikes on drug boats · American Wire News
When Democrats aren’t voting to keep the American federal government closed, they’re demanding answers about President Donald Trump’s drug boat strikes. Ironically, the people who don’t care enough about the citizens of the United States to compromise on funding the federal government are working diligently to get answers on the strikes targeting reported “narco-trafficking” drug boats. On Friday, a letter signed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck …
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Another US 'Strike' on Small Boat Leaves Three Dead in the Caribbean
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reported Saturday a new “lethal kinetic strike” against a small boat allegedly linked to drug trafficking in the Caribbean, ordered by President Donald Trump. On social media, the official stated that the “narco-trafficking vessel” was allegedly operated by a designated terrorist organization and that the attack took place in international waters. It is not clear in what part of the Caribbean the extrajudicial e…
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