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Despite killing 200 people in attacks on suspected drug boats, US has done little to slow drug trade, experts say

The Independent·Alex Woodward·3 days ago
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Donald Trump’s administration has launched dozens of airstrikes that have killed nearly 200 people in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean , a campaign that military officials have described as a campaign against “terrorist” groups trafficking drugs into the U.S. But the months-long attacks have reportedly done little to combat the flow of illicit drugs into the country, raising questions about the effectiveness of an operation that law of war experts say amounts to extrajudicial killings and war crimes. Cocaine is as easy to get in the U.S. today as it was nine months ago, when the president began launching a series of strikes that have killed at least 195 people, as of May 29, according to researchers speaking to The New York Times. The cost of the operations has exploded to at least $4.7 billion, according to research from the Watson School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University.…

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