U.S. Expands Caribbean Boat Strikes In Bid To Curb Drug Flows
November 15, 2025
11:39 pm
United States Military confirms its 20th strike on alleged drug-trafficking boats, raising fatalities to 80 as questions grow over targeting and identification.
The United States military has intensified its campaign against suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean, carrying out its 20th strike this week, a Defense Department official confirmed on Thursday November 13, 2025. The latest operation, which killed four people aboard an alleged smuggling boat, underscores Washington’s heightened effort to curb narcotics shipments moving toward US shores.
The strike brings the total death toll in the campaign to 80, a figure that has raised concerns among some analysts and …
