4 h. ago Navy holding two prisoners who survived US strike on alleged drug sub in Caribbean: report

The detention of survivors could pose legal and intelligence challenges for the Trump administration

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14 h. ago Survivors of airstrike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean held on US navy ship, officials say

It’s unclear whether survivors will be treated as prisoners of war or criminal defendants by US militaryThe US has seized survivors of a military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, the first since Donald Trump began launching deadly attacks in the region last month, according to officials in Washington.Thursday’s attack is believed to be at least the sixth strike in the waters off Venezuela since early September, and the first to result in survivors who were picked up by the US military. It was not immediately clear what would be done with the survivors, who the officials said were being held on a US navy vessel. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago ‘Trump is killing poor people’: relatives mourn man killed in US military strike in Caribbean

Relatives of Trinidadian man believed killed in US military strike on alleged drug boat say he was denied due processRelatives of two men from Trinidad believed to have been killed in a US military strike on boat in the Caribbean have accused Donald Trump of “killing poor people” without due process and are demanding justice.Chad “Charpo” Joseph and Rishi Samaroo, from the fishing village of Las Cuevas in northern Trinidad, are thought to be among six people killed in a US airstrike on a boat allegedly transporting drugs from Venezuela. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago US strikes another suspected drug boat boat in Caribbean, this time leaving survivors: reports

At least 27 people have been killed in U.S. strikes against alleged trafficking boats so far

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30 h. ago Survivors reported after latest US attack on alleged drug boat in Caribbean

It is unknown whether the US military rendered aid to survivors after attack on suspected ‘narcoterrorist’ vesselThe US military carried out a new strike on Thursday against a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean, and in what is believed to be the first such case, there were survivors among the crew, a US official told Reuters.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not offer additional details about the incident, which has not been previously reported. But it raises new questions, including whether the US military rendered aid to the survivors and whether they are now in US military custody. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago The Guardian view on the US and Venezuela: Trump’s ‘war on drugs’ ramps up military threats to Maduro | Editorial

Hawks want regime change. Democrats and others are right to warn against illegal and unauthorised use of forceThe drumbeat is growing louder. Covert operations are supposed to remain just that, but on Wednesday Donald Trump confirmed that he had approved secret CIA actions in Venezuela and suggested that he was considering strikes on its territory. These comments follow the administration’s extrajudicial killings at sea: attacks on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean that have left at least 27 dead – a frightening new precedent denounced by UN experts as illegal. The US has already built up forces in the region, with about 6,500 troops now stationed there. “No to war in the Caribbean No to regime change No to coups d’état orchestrated by the CIA,” railed Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s dictator, after Mr Trump’s remarks.The US president’s repeated claim that each boat strike saves 25,000 American lives is even more preposterous than it first sounds. The fentanyl that killed 48,000 peopl...

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3 d. ago Trump boasts about bombing another Venezuelan ‘drug boat’ in the Caribbean. Smugglers have just found new routes

The Trump administration has not provided evidence to suggest the boats it has been targeting in strikes were carrying narcotics

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3 d. ago Trump says six were killed in US strike on another boat allegedly carrying drugs near Venezuela

UN has condemned US strikes on small boats it believes to be trafficking drugs as extrajudicial executionsUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump said the US has struck another small boat that he accuses of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing six people.“The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed,” Trump said in a statement on his Truth Social social media platform. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Emotional moment Donald Trump tells families of Israeli hostages they are 'coming home Monday'

Hamas has agreed to the first phase of Donald Trump's peace plan, which will see Israeli troops withdraw to a pre-agreed area, and the exchange of the 20 surviving hostages for Palestinian prisoners locked up in Israeli jails

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2 w. ago Hegseth says four killed in US strike on alleged drug boat off Venezuelan coast

Pentagon chief says strike – fourth by US military in recent weeks – targeted boat with ‘substantial amounts’ of drugsThe US killed four people in a strike against a vessel just off the coast of Venezuela that was allegedly carrying illegal drugs, US defense secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday.The strike came a day after Trump officials notified Congress that the US was entering a “non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago War on drugs: Trump declares US is now in ‘armed conflict’ with Caribbean cartels

White House sent notice to Congress labeling alleged traffickers ‘nonstate armed’ combatants in bid for legal justification for extrajudicial killings

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3 w. ago Pastor and wife were living WITH their son who 'kept four people PRISONER in basement dungeon'... as survivor's family reveal what 'evil monster' did to victims

The sister of one of four captives has revealed the horrifying conditions in which police found her disabled brother living in the basement of Donnie Birchfield Jr where both his pastor dad and mom lived.

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3 w. ago Donald Trump must face criminal proceedings for deadly strikes carried out on drug smuggler boats in the Caribbean, UN is told

Colombia's leader condemned three attacks this month, which were defended as operations against drug traffickers. He accused the former president of criminalising poverty and migration.

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3 w. ago Trump shares video of ‘deadly strike’ against alleged drug smugglers

President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social Friday evening (19 September) that the U.S had carried out a third strike on an alleged drug smuggling vessel.

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3 w. ago Donald Trump claims 3 narcoterrorists killed as US military destroys boat

The US military carried out a strike against alleged drug traffickers that killed three 'narcoterrorists,' US President Donald Trump has said. Footage showed a boat exploding

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4 w. ago US military conducts third fatal strike on alleged drug smuggling vessel

Earlier attacks targeted alleged Venezuelan cartels that Trump claims were trafficking narcotics

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4 w. ago Trump announces new deadly strike on suspected drug boat in Caribbean

President says US military carried out strike ‘on my orders’, killing three men he said were carrying illegal narcoticsDonald Trump announced on Friday that the US military has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel in the the Caribbean, killing three males on board the vessel whom Trump alleged were trafficking illicit narcotics.“On my orders”, Trump wrote in a social media post shared by the White House and defense secretary, “the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility.” Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Venezuela begins military drills after lethal US strikes on ‘drug trafficking’ boats

The drills come days after President Trump confirmed another strike on a boat allegedly carrying drugs to the US

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