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Trump's ESCALATING boat strikes: Timeline of lethal force in the Caribbean, alienating allies
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1:00:24Now PlayingIn less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the U.S. military has killed 34 people in nine strikes against drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused the U.S. of murdering a Colombian fisherman after Trump ordered military strikes. In response, Trump enacted tariffs against Colombia, cut U.S. aid and called Petro “an illegal drug leader.” The strikes of South America are raising concerns in a variety of quarters from former officials in Republican and Democratic administrations. Sen. Paul Rand R-Ky and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, voted for a Democratic resolution that would have blocked the U.S. military from engaging in “hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress.” The resolution failed in a 48-51 vote, largely along party lines. “This was murder on the high seas. The United States military carried out an illegal order,” says national security reporter Spencer Ackerman.
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