No Guns, No Drugs—Why Did We Blow Up These Boats?
In questioning Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Foreign Relations Committee hearing, they revealed that the targeting decisions about which boats would be attacked did not take into account whether they had drugs or arms aboard. Beginning on September 2, the Southern Command has carried out 62 air strikes against boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, killing at least 205 people. We know this because each strike is announced on U.S. government social media accounts, often with video of the boats blowing up.
- ▪In questioning Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Foreign Relations Committee hearing, they revealed that the targeting decisions about which boats would be attacked did not take into account whether they had drugs or arms aboard.
- ▪Beginning on September 2, the Southern Command has carried out 62 air strikes against boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, killing at least 205 people.
- ▪We know this because each strike is announced on U.S. government social media accounts, often with video of the boats blowing up.
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| Publication time | Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:14:32 GMT |
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No Guns, No Drugs—Why Did We Blow Up These Boats?Shocking new facts are still emerging about the campaign against ‘drug boats.’Amanda KlasingJun 11, 2026Share(Photo Illustration by The Bulwark / Photos Getty, Shutterstock, Department of Defense)SENATORS TIM KAINE AND RAND PAUL made a shocking revelation last week about the U.S. military’s boat strikes in the East Pacific and Caribbean—attacks legal experts agree are illegal. In questioning Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Foreign Relations Committee hearing, they revealed that the targeting decisions about which boats would be attacked did not take into account whether they had drugs or arms aboard.
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