U.S. Navy Seizes Major Cocaine Shipment in Dominican Waters
TL;DR
The Dominican Republic announced the confiscation of 377 kilograms of cocaine from a speedboat destroyed by the U.S. Navy, marking the first joint operation of its kind between the two nations against drug trafficking in the Caribbean, with the boat allegedly carrying over 1,000 kilograms of drugs from Venezuela to the U.S.
- Speedboat destroyed by U.S. Navy held 1,000 kilos of cocaine, Dominican Republic says CBS News
- First US-Dominican Joint Anti-Drug Mission Nets Major Cocaine Haul Newsweek
- Trump's drone strikes near Venezuela may be more about Nicolás Maduro than drugs MSNBC News
- A Rogue Nation on the High Seas The Atlantic
- Getting Away with Murder The New York Review of Books
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