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US Military Strike Kills Three in Alleged Caribbean Drug Vessel

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The U.S. military carried out a lethal strike on alleged drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, announced Saturday.

  1. AT
    Volker Türk
    United Nations
    1. The US must halt such attacks and take all measures necessary to prevent the extrajudicial killing of people aboard these boats, whatever the criminal conduct alleged against them.
  2. US
    Pete Hegseth
    Pentagon
    1. These narco-terrorists are bringing drugs to our shores to poison Americans at home—and they will not succeed. The Department will treat them EXACTLY how we treated Al-Qaeda. We will continue to track them, map them, hunt them, and kill them.
    2. This vessel - like EVERY OTHER - was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics.
  3. DE
    Sascha Lohmann
    Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
    1. But at the same time, it's not that clear to what extent they are actively pursuing regime change.
    2. It makes sense at least to suspect that, over and above fighting drug trafficking, the Trump administration has political reasons for this military build-up.
    3. Resources certainly play the most important role, both fossil fuels and other raw materials needed to keep accelerating the technology race, particularly where China is concerned.
    4. This is no longer about keeping foreign influences out of the Western hemisphere, but about expanding United States influence in the Western hemisphere — especially Latin and South America — in an almost imperial manner, rewarding political leaders who are well-disposed toward the US, and punishing others who are critical and rebel.
  4. US
    Christopher Hernandez-Roy
    Center for Strategic and International Studies
    1. We haven't seen anything like this in a generation.
    2. For a counter-narcotics operation, it is much larger than anything that's ever been seen.
  5. US
    Marcela Donadio
    Latin American Security and Defence Network
    1. Because the internal consequences of an intervention in Venezuela would be severe. A government appointed by an external actor is not the best political solution, even when the opposition has won the Nobel Peace Prize.
    2. Not only is the region divided, each country has a lot of domestic issues of its own to deal with.

sources

  1. 1.Al Jazeera
  2. 2.NPR
  3. 3.The Times of India
  4. 4.DW News
  5. 5.Associated Press
  6. 6.The New York Times

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.US under Donald Trump
  3. 3.Russian Foreign Policy
  4. 4.Election
  5. 5.Rare-Earth Elements
  6. 6.Organized crime
  7. 7.Oil Market
  8. 8.Scandal
  9. 9.Venezuela under Maduro
  10. 10.Banking industry
  11. 11.US-EU relations
  12. 12.US-Colombia Relations

countries

  1. 1.United StatesUS
  2. 2.Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic ofVE
  3. 3.Russian FederationRU
  4. 4.ColombiaCO
  5. 5.ChinaCN
  6. 6.PanamaPA
  7. 7.Trinidad and TobagoTT

organizations

  1. 1.Democratic Party
  2. 2.al-Qaeda
  3. 3.Republican Party
  4. 4.Central Intelligence Agency
  5. 5.Latin American Security and Defence Network
  6. 6.US Senate Armed Services Committee
  7. 7.Canadian Security Intelligence Service
  8. 8.Center for Strategic and International Studies
  9. 9.Ford Motors
  10. 10.Islamic State
  11. 11.Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
  12. 12.United Nations

persons

  1. 1.Donald TrumpUS
  2. 2.Pete HegsethUS
  3. 3.Chuck SchumerUS
  4. 4.Marco RubioUS
  5. 5.Nicolás MaduroVE
  6. 6.Tulsi GabbardUS
  7. 7.Brian SchatzUS
  8. 8.Chris CoonsUS
  9. 9.Christopher Hernandez-RoyUS
  10. 10.Evan Vucci
  11. 11.Gustavo PetroCO
  12. 12.Jack ReedUS

technicals

  1. 1.Caribbean Sea
  2. 2.Pacific Ocean
  3. 3.White House State Dining Room
  4. 4.F-35
  5. 5.September 11 Terrorist Attacks
  6. 6.USS Gerald R Ford
  7. 7.Western Hemisphere
US Military Strike Kills Three in Alleged Caribbean Drug Vessel