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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

US justice department memo about boat strikes diverges from Trump narrative

Administration frames Caribbean strikes as allied self-defense, arguing cartels wage armed violence financed by cocaine, so strikes target cocaine and deaths are enemy or collateral.
fromThe Washington Post
2 months ago

Trump discloses U.S. targeted a third alleged drug boat from Venezuela

President Donald Trump disclosed Tuesday that the U.S. government had "knocked off" what he said was a total of three alleged drug smuggling boats, all apparently from Venezuela, a country whose leader his administration has villainized while dramatically escalating the use of deadly force in a bid to disrupt the Latin American narcotics trade. The president, speaking to reporters outside the White House, offered no other details about the previously undisclosed incident.
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