US EditionGonsalves Condemns US Military Action over Alleged Drug Trafficking
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In a context of growing anti-drug militarization in the Caribbean, the episode reopens the debate on the limits of the use of force and multilateral coordination in the region.
Gonsalves condemns US military action over alleged drug trafficking
KINGSTOWN – Opposition Leader Dr Ralph Gonsalves has criticised the ongoing United States military action against alleged illegal drug traffickers after three people, presumed to be St Lucian nationals, were killed in the latest strike in the Caribbean Sea.Gonsalves, an attorney, said that while drug trafficking does not carry the death penalty in the United States and the Caribbean, “any penalty that is carried out has to be carried out by a co…
Castries, February 17.—After a few days of relative «silence» around the abuses of U.S. troops deployed in the Caribbean Sea, the U.S. Southern Command has released a new «operational» in the waters near the island of Saint Lucia that would have left three dead, at least one of which would have originated from that territory. Misleadingly announced by Washington as part of a strategy to confront drug trafficking, the Pentagon’s «shipfloat» in th…
The US on Monday carried out more deadly attacks on suspected drug vessels in the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean, the operational command in the region, U.S. SouthCom, reported on X. A total of eleven people on board were killed in the attacks.
St. Lucian PM confirms deaths in latest US strike against drug dealers
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Feb, CMC – Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre Monday said the St. Lucia government “is actively engaging through established diplomatic and security channels” after confirming that “people lost their lives” in the latest United States military strike against illegal drug dealers in the Caribbean Sea. “Today, I addressed reports circulating across the region that have raised concern among our citizens. “Let me assure the nation:…
U.S. Military Strike Raises Urgent Questions About Caribbean Sovereignty After Possible St. Lucian Deaths
By News Americas Staff Writer News Americas, CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Tues. Feb. 17, 2026: A recent U.S. military strike targeting alleged drug traffickers in Caribbean waters is raising urgent geopolitical, legal, and sovereignty questions across the region, after reports emerged that nationals of St. Lucia may have been among those killed. A Boeing C-17 Globemaster departs from José Aponte de la Torre Airport, formerly Roosevelt Roads Naval Statio…
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