00:00The U.S. military says it has killed three people in a strike on a suspected drug-trafficking boat in
00:07the Caribbean.
00:08U.S. Southern Command said the vessel was operating along known smuggling routes and was engaged in trafficking when it
00:15was targeted.
00:18The strike is the latest in a controversial American military campaign in the Caribbean that has killed at least 100
00:25people since last year.
00:26The Trump administration has been targeting what it calls narco-terrorists in Latin America and has carried out repeated strikes
00:33on suspected smuggling boats since September.
00:36Since then, the U.S. has built up its largest military presence in the region in decades.
00:41President Donald Trump claimed the country was in armed conflict with cartels as it seeks to curb the flow of
00:47drugs into the U.S.
00:48But the operations have drawn criticism, with legal experts saying the administration has provided limited evidence to support its claims
00:57of targeting narco-terrorists.
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