In the waters of the Caribbean, the machinery of American military power continues its campaign against those who move narcotics across open sea. On September 19, U.S. Southern Command destroyed a vessel and killed four people it identified as narco-terrorists, the latest act in a sustained effort to reframe drug trafficking not as a law enforcement problem but as a national security threat worthy of lethal force. Over roughly one year, this campaign has claimed at least 231 lives across 69 reported strikes — a scale that raises enduring questions about the boundaries between war, policing, an
US military strikes Caribbean drug vessel, kills 4 in anti-trafficking operation
Four alleged narco-terrorists were killed in the strike on the Caribbean vessel.