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Justice Department Official Told Prosecutors that U.S. Should ‘Just Sink’ Drug Boats

About 20 lethal strikes on suspected drug boats have killed over 75 people as the administration shifts from interdiction to military action, citing self-defense and Article II powers.

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At a Justice Department conference in February, then-acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove told the department’s top drug prosecutors that the Trump administration wasn’t interested in interdicting suspected drug vessels at sea anymore. Instead, he said, the U.S. should “just sink the boats,” according to three people present for the speech.At the time of Bove’s comments, President Trump had only been back in office for a month. The White Hou…
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Since September, the US has been attacking boats in the Caribbean on the grounds that they are drug smugglers. Colombia is the world's largest cocaine producer.

·Vienna, Austria
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der Standard AT broke the news in Vienna, Austria on Sunday, November 16, 2025.
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