A 2024 Coast Guard report found 27 percent of drug boat searches came back empty-handed.
A 2024 Coast Guard report found 27 percent of drug boat searches came back empty-handed, but what does this mean for Venezuelan boat strikes?
By Samantha Putterman | PolitiFact
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President Donald Trump says US military strikes on eight vessels in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, mostly targeting boats from Venezuela, were legal because they carried drugs being delivered to the United States.
Trump administration provides no evidence, making drug-related life-saving claims from boat strikes unverifiable.
President Donald Trump on Monday confirmed that the United States struck a "dock area" that officials believe is used to transfer…
Experts suggest the strike - which killed 11 alleged cartel members - may be illegal under international law.
US strikes have destroyed at least 18 vessels, but Washington has yet to make public any concrete evidence that its targets posed…
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