Head of SOUTHCOM admits the boat strikes aren't an effective long term solution to drug trafficking.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/us/politics/boat-strikes-caribbean.html

General Says U.S. Boat Strikes Are Not Answer to Country’s Drug Problem

Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the head of the military’s Southern Command, said he was working with regional allies on the issue.

The New York Times