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US strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Video: Pete Hegseth/Trump via X/TruthSocial
S ince early September, America’s armed forces have been engaged in an intensifying air campaign against suspected drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and Pacific. They have carried out 17 confirmed air strikes, which have destroyed 18 boats and killed at least 69 people. The latest strike in the Caribbean on November 6th killed three men who, the Trump administration claims, were smuggling drugs
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