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U.S. Military Strikes on Suspected Drug Boats Continue After Nine Months
The Trump administration has conducted dozens of attacks on small boats off South America, killing nearly 200 people. Researchers tracking street prices, overdose deaths, purity levels and border seizures report no measurable drop in cocaine availability inside the United States.
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The Trump administration has launched dozens of attacks on small boats in waters off South America, killing nearly 200 people in an operation aimed at reducing illicit drug shipments to the United States. U.S. border seizures said cocaine remains as easy to obtain in many parts of the country as it was before the strikes began.
The military campaign has expanded from the Caribbean Sea into the eastern Pacific and includes ground strikes in Ecuador. Operations have also involved the capture of Venezuela’s former leader on drug trafficking charges in the United States. 7 billion, according to Brown University’s Costs of War project.
U.S. military personnel. U.S. military deployment in Latin America in decades has altered cocaine supply inside the United States.
