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fromBusiness Insider
2 days agoHow Coast Guard pilots and sharpshooters leave drug boats dead in the water, from helicopter chases to shooting out the engines
Coast Guard HITRON helicopter teams relentlessly train to intercept drug boats, adapt tactics mid-mission, and employ precision marksmen to disable vessels and enable boardings.
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US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month agoTrump escalates pressure on Venezuelan drug trade. And, judge pauses shutdown layoffs
The U.S. has authorized covert CIA operations and increased military presence around Venezuela tied to drug interdiction and migration concerns while federal layoffs face judicial pause amid a shutdown.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days agoDeadly airstrikes and a military buildup: how the US pressure campaign against Venezuela has unfolded in the Caribbean
Amid growing tensions between Washington and Caracas, the US has gathered its largest military presence in the Caribbean since the 1989 invasion of Panama. Donald Trump's administration has steadily increased pressure on Venezuela's leader, Nicolas Maduro, accusing him of running the Cartel of the Suns drug-trafficking organization, and placing a $50m bounty on his head. The US leader has been opaque about his intentions and Trump says he is keeping all options on the table from a military intervention to a negotiated exit for Maduro.
World news
US news
fromBusiness Insider
1 week agoThis wild-looking drone hunting drug runners at night helped the US Coast Guard seize a record-breaking cocaine haul
Coast Guard cutter Stone offloaded over 49,000 pounds of cocaine (about $362 million) after 15 eastern Pacific interdictions aided by a vertical takeoff reconnaissance drone.
US politics
fromFortune
3 weeks agoTrump's decision to sail aircraft carrier to South America will leave the Mideast and Europe with none during a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas | Fortune
The U.S. will have only one aircraft carrier deployed, leaving none near Europe or the Middle East while shifting significant naval focus to the Western Hemisphere.
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month agoCommentary: As Trump blows up supposed narco boats, he uses an old, corrupt playbook on Latin America
The U.S. is escalating military actions and covert operations against Latin American drug networks, risking extrajudicial strikes and regional intervention to address domestic political concerns.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months agoUnited States subjects Maduro to psychological terror: The wrath of God will fall upon you like thunder'
U.S. Caribbean operations aim to psychologically pressure Maduro's regime through vessel attacks and naval deployment, with low likelihood of a full-scale invasion.
fromDefector
2 months agoHow Do You Stop A Serial Killer? | Defector
Monday, on social media, President Donald Trump announced that he had murdered three people—"three male terrorists killed in action" was how he put it. By "terrorists," the president meant nothing more than that he claimed the three people were smuggling drugs; by "in action," he meant that they were traveling in a boat in the Caribbean when a U.S. military aircraft hunted them down and killed them.
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