The Trump administration has yet to provide underlying evidence to lawmakers proving that alleged drug-smuggling boats targeted by the US military in a series of fatal strikes were in fact carrying narcotics, according to two US officials familiar with the matter.
As bipartisan frustration with the strikes mounts, the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday voted down a war powers resolution that would have required the president to seek authorisation from Congress before further military strikes on the cartels.
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The military has carried out at least four strikes on boats that the White House said were carrying drugs, including three it said originated from Venezuela. It said 21 people were killed in the strikes.
The officials, who were not authorised to comment publicly about the matter and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the administration has only pointed to unclassified video clips of the strikes posted on social media by President Donald Trump and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and has yet to produce “hard evidence” that the vessels were ca
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