US EditionTrump Is Blowing up Boats Off Venezuela. Could Mexico’s Cartels Be Next? - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Since September, U.S. strikes on Venezuelan boats accused of drug trafficking have killed 21 civilians and sparked a rare United Nations meeting on the conflict.
- U.S. forces struck four small Venezuelan vessels in international waters, reportedly killing 21 civilians and claiming the boats carried U.S.-bound narcotics, this Sunday.
- The administration argues the strikes reflect an armed conflict with drug cartels, which it designates as terrorist organizations, and a Venezuela policy aimed at regime change.
- Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut said Sunday that Congress lacks critical intelligence to justify the strikes and warned individuals who pulled the trigger could face legal consequences.
- Two unnamed Trump administration officials said increased U.S.-Mexico cooperation, reinforced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit last month, has focused Washington on working with Mexico rather than striking unilaterally.
- About $950 billion in annual trade explains U.S.-Mexico ties, while Mexican authorities report seizing 3.8 million fentanyl pills and surveys this year show over 60% oppose U.S. military operations.
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Trump is blowing up boats off Venezuela. Could Mexico’s cartels be next? - West Hawaii Today
CULIACÁN, Mexico — As President Donald Trump has blown up one boat after another off Venezuela’s coast and declared an “armed conflict” against drug cartels, a question with stark consequences has arisen much closer to the United States.
Trump is blowing up boats off Venezuela. Could Mexico’s cartels be next? - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
CULIACÁN, Mexico. — As President Donald Trump has blown up one boat after another off Venezuela’s coast and declared an “armed conflict” against drug cartels, a question with stark consequences has arisen much closer to the United States.
A ‘war on drugs’ for regime change: Trump hits Maduro with gunboat diplomacy
Ten warships in total, including three destroyers, an amphibious assault ship, a missile cruiser, and a nuclear-powered submarine, along with around 10,000 troops. The U.S. Navy deployment, ordered in August by Donald Trump in the area under the U.S. Southern Command’s influence, is almost unprecedented in the Caribbean and faces an equally unusual adversary: Venezuelan drug cartels.Seguir leyendo
Venezuela in the Empire's Crosshairs: Extra-Judicial Killings, Flawed Narratives and Regime Change - Venezuelanalysis
For the better part of a decade, dating back to the first Trump administration, Washington has subjected Venezuela to a murderous economic blockade that has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths. Trump’s first term and its “maximum pressure” campaign also included support for a self-proclaimed parallel government, a failed military putsch and a mercenary invasion, as well as overt threats of a military intervention that never materialized. Now …
Himes calls Trump administration's strikes on alleged drug cartel boats 'illegal killings'
The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee has condemned President Trump's deadly military strikes on boats allegedly operated by narcoterrorists, calling the actions unlawful.
Representative Jim Himes on Sunday called recent U.S. military attacks in the Caribbean against vessels allegedly manned by Venezuelan drug traffickers "unlawful killings" and "troubling," and asserted that Congress is receiving little information from the Trump administration.
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