"Every boat that gets hit, we save 25,000 American lives and when you view it that way, you don't mind,"
"Killing a drug mule has minimal effect on the flow of drugs, or the systems of criminal organizations,"
"Whatever actions are taken in the Caribbean have no effect on fentanyl,"
"All we're doing is making the cartels come up with more potent and powerful forms of drugs to smuggle,"
At least 22 U.S. military attacks on suspected drug boats have occurred this year, leaving more than 80 people dead. A claim asserted that every boat hit saves 25,000 American lives. Most experts on criminal cartels and deadly street drugs say strikes on speedboats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific will have little or no impact on overdose deaths in the United States. Fentanyl, which accounts for the vast majority of U.S. drug deaths, is not produced in Venezuela nor smuggled on the targeted boats. Caribbean cartels focus heavily on cocaine, much of which goes to countries other than the United States. Some experts warn strikes could incentivize cartels to shift toward deadlier, easier-to-produce synthetics such as fentanyl, methamphetamines and nitazenes.
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