US EditionUS military seized survivors after Caribbean drone strike on suspected drug smuggling boat: Report
The U.S. military's sixth strike since early September captured two survivors from a suspected drug submarine, raising legal and political questions about detention and future prosecutions.
- On Thursday, U.S. forces seized survivors following a strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean Sea, Reuters reported late Thursday.
- Invoking post-9/11 legal authority, the administration argues it can capture and detain combatants and use lethal force amid an asserted 'armed conflict' with drug cartels.
- At least 28 people have died in the campaign, with this strike raising the death toll to at least 28 and highlighting the lethal scale of regional maritime operations.
- It was not immediately clear what would be done with the captured individuals, who are believed held aboard a U.S. military vessel, and the White House did not comment.
- The strikes are now believed to be at least six since early September, and those operations raise detention and use-of-force policy questions.
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President Donald Trump said that the U.S. military attacked a submarine designed for drug trafficking, amid reports that some aboard the ship had survived, a novelty in the administration’s offensive against alleged drug traffickers. “We attacked a submarine, a submarine loaded with drugs, built specifically for the transportation of large amounts of drugs,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday. “To be understood, it wasn’t an innoc…
Two survivors captured after US military strike on alleged Venezuelan “narco-submarine”
Two people have reportedly survived a US military attack on a vessel allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela and are being held aboard a Navy ship in the Caribbean, according to unnamed US officials cited by American media.
The United States has attacked a Venezuelan ship suspected of smuggling drugs, President Donald Trump confirmed, saying it was a submarine. Two people have been detained by the United States following the raid.
According to President Donald Trump, the U.S. military shot at a submarine in the Caribbean, which "was built specifically for the transport of huge quantities of drugs," he said. Some crew members apparently survived. Whether they are now in US custody was not known at first. The Pentagon called the crew members "narcotic terrorism." Trump had sent warships to the Caribbean a few weeks ago to fight drug smuggling. Several small boats were attac…
The U.S. Army has launched a new attack on a suspected drug trafficking ship in the Caribbean, and it is believed that for the first time there were survivors among the crew members, an American official said...
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