2 killed in new Eastern Pacific boat strike, SOUTHCOM says - ABC News

U.S. Southern Command announced on Monday that its forces conducted a new airstrike against an alleged drug smuggling boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing two people aboard and leaving one survivor...

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2 killed in new Eastern Pacific boat strike, SOUTHCOM says

The strike was the 38th since operations began in September.

ABC News

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Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, residents say they’re done staying quiet about the drug trade
Residents in the Nunavut hamlet have become increasingly vocal about the drug trade in the community of roughly 2,000 people. The main issue for many residents is the lack of screening at Yellowknife Airport.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/cambridge-bay-drug-seizure-spike-9.7051908?cmp=rss

Trump’s Fake Drug War: Pardons Honduran President Convicted Of 400 Tons, Illegally Invades & Arrests Venezuela’s President Over Weaker Charges

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Trump’s Fake Drug War: Pardons Honduran President Convicted Of 400 Tons, Illegally Invades & Arrests Venezuela’s President Over Weaker Charges

If you needed proof that Trump’s “war on drugs” is pure theatrical bullshit designed to justify geopolitical adventurism and the transactional nature of how he views absolutely ev…

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Trump’s pardon of a convicted trafficker undermines drug war narrative

MEXICO CITY — Juan Orlando Hernández, a convicted drug trafficker who prosecutors said “paved a cocaine superhighway” to the United…
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The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine

Juan Orlando Hernández, whom Mr. #Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long trafficking conspiracy. It ravaged his #CentralAmerican country.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/nyregion/honduras-hernandez-drug-trafficking.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5E8.a673.uDVjcgWFjWr0&smid=url-share

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The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine

Juan Orlando Hernández, whom Mr. Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long trafficking conspiracy. It ravaged his Central American country.

The New York Times
US military carried out 21st strike on alleged drug boat, killing 3

The Pentagon conducted the 21st known strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat on Saturday, US Southern Command announced on Sunday.

CNN
US aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean in big buildup near Venezuela

President Donald Trump says the U.S. “may be having some discussions” with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. It's a potential diplomatic avenue as the U.S. further builds up its military presence near the South American country with the arrival of its most advanced aircraft carrier. Trump didn’t offer details Sunday evening about the possible discussions with Maduro, but he said “Venezuela would like to talk.” The development comes as the Trump administration has carried out a series of military strikes against vessels suspected of transporting drugs.

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