3 h. ago US confirms 126 deaths linked to strikes on alleged drug boats

This figure includes 116 people killed outright in at least 36 attacks carried out since early September

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7 h. ago Death toll from US strikes on alleged drug boats reaches 126 people

The U.S. military says the death toll from strikes on alleged drug boats is up to 126 people, with the inclusion of those presumed dead after being lost at sea

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3 d. ago Dramatic moment US blows up narco boat in first strike since Trump captured Maduro in safe house raid

THIS is the dramatic moment the US bombed an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people. Footage shared by the US Southern Command on X shows the lethal strike being unleashed on the small motor vessel. The boat can be seen speeding through the water before the explosion. Citing intelligence, the US...

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3 d. ago US carries out first known strike on alleged drug boat since Maduro's capture

The U.S. military says it’s carried out a deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the first since the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month

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1 week ago Plane used in boat strike off Venezuela was painted to look like a civilian aircraft, AP sources say

The plane used by the U.S. military to strike an alleged drug-smuggling boat off Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft

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1 week ago Drugs and gangs exist in Venezuela, but don’t be fooled. Trump arrested Nicolás Maduro to plunder our wealth | Andrés Antillano

The US president invokes the usual suspects – drugs, organised crime, illegal migration – but this is simply a grab for resources and powerIn the early hours of 3 January, Caracas and other cities in Venezuela were bombed and the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, was kidnapped along with his wife by US military personnel. In addition to the 100 deaths recorded so far as a result of the attack, approximately 100 more were caused by US attacks on small boats in the previous months, under the pretext of combatting drug trafficking. Although it seems clear that the real intention of Donald Trump’s administration was to seize Venezuela’s wealth, the initial argument to justify the military deployment in the Caribbean was that it was to fight the illegal drugs trade and stop the flow of migrants that the Venezuelan government was allegedly causing by emptying prisons of criminals and sending them to the US.As a criminology professor who has studied Venezuelan drug trafficking for 20 y...

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2 w. ago US military used aircraft disguised as civilian plane in first attack on alleged drug boat: report

The Trump administration has been hounded with allegations that its ongoing strike campaign against alleged drug boats have violated the laws of war

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2 w. ago US military forces seize fifth tanker in effort to control Venezuelan oil

Pre-dawn assault on the Olina oil tanker was carried out by US marines and navy sailors in the Caribbean near TrinidadUS politics live – latest updatesThe US early on Friday boarded another oil tanker, the US military said, as part of efforts to target sanctions-busting vessels traveling to and from Venezuela.US forces were seen in video footage that officials posted online landing on the ship’s deck as the vessel named Olina was seized in the Caribbean near Trinidad. It is the fifth interdiction of such ships in recent weeks, separately from the series of previous US operations since the start of the fall to strike suspected drug boats off the coast of Venezuela. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Why has US attacked Caracas and captured Venezuela’s president?

Trump’s unprecedented capture of Nicolás Maduro follows months of military campaign and years of strained relationship• US attacks Venezuela – live updatesOvernight Friday, the US carried out airstrikes across Venezuela, with explosions rocking the capital, Caracas, before dawn. Shortly afterwards, Donald Trump announced that US forces had captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, and had flown them out of the country.The stunning attack and unprecedented capture of a sitting president follow months of an intense US pressure campaign against Venezuela. Since September, the US navy has amassed a huge fleet off the Venezuelan coast and carried out airstrikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific and seized Venezuelan oil tankers. At least 110 people have been killed in the strikes on boats, which human rights groups say could amount to war crimes. Venezuelan officials have accused the US of trying to gain access to...

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3 w. ago US Coast Guard searches for survivors of boat strikes as odds diminish days later

The Coast Guard said it's still searching for people who had jumped off alleged drug-smuggling boats when the U.S. military attacked them days earlier

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3 w. ago Watch: US launch fresh strike on five more alleged drug boats in undisclosed location

US military have confirmed fresh strikes on five alleged drug boats which have left at least eight dead.

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3 w. ago US strikes three more alleged drug boats, leaving three dead as others jump overboard

The military asserted the vessels were part of a convoy on known narco-trafficking routes

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3 w. ago US military strikes three more alleged drug boats, killing 3 and possibly leaving survivors

The U.S. military says it struck three more boats that were allegedly smuggling drugs

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3 w. ago Wreckage from Trump's Venezuela boat strike reveals it was smuggling drugs the president calls 'tremendously positive'

Wreckage from US strikes on drug boats in the Caribbean have allegedly washed up on shore and reveal contents of the vessel may not have been as deadly as Trump's team has said.

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3 w. ago Two killed in latest US military strike directed by Hegseth on alleged drug boat

The strikes have killed more than 100 people in attacks that critics allege are war crimes

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4 w. ago US strikes 'terrorist boat' lurking in international waters as dramatic footage shows devastating moment of impact

The US Southern Command confirmed the 'lethal strike' on Monday, revealing it was conducted on the orders of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

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4 w. ago Trump confirms US carried out strike on ‘dock area’ in Venezuela

President claims attack hit boats at drug loading terminal without providing further details

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