US escalates military and trade actions amid Colombia tensions and drug vessel strikes
TL;DR
The US military conducted a strike against a vessel in the Eastern Pacific suspected of drug smuggling, marking the first known operation in the region under the Trump administration's expanded counter-narcotics efforts, raising questions about the use of military force versus law enforcement agencies like the Coast Guard.
Topics:nationworld#counter-narcotics#drug-trafficking#military-strike#pacific-ocean#us-military#world
- US military strikes suspected drug vessel in the Pacific Reuters
- US carries out 8th strike on alleged drug vessel, this time in Eastern Pacific, Hegseth says Fox News
- Trump escalates back-and-forth with Colombia’s president, announcing end of US payments to country CNN
- Colombian killed in U.S. strike was on a fishing trip, wife claims: "Why did they just take his life like that?" CBS News
- Trump's Colombia tariffs would flip US policy on drugs, trade Reuters
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