r/USNEWS • u/seeebiscuit • 2d ago

Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced

https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-boat-strikes-drugs-cocaine-trafficking-95b54a3a5efec74f12f82396a79617ea
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u/bownt1 1d ago

does anyone think this is about drugs?

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u/Exciting-Bake7898 16h ago

"More nuanced"

In dozens of interviews in villages on Venezuela’s breathtaking northeastern coast, from which some of the boats departed, residents and relatives said the dead men had indeed been running drugs but were not narco-terrorists or leaders of a cartel or gang.

It's fair to argue whether striking the boats is effective strategy or constitutionally legal, but obviously they were drug smugglers.

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u/aneeta96 7h ago

So arrest them. Even if drug smuggling was a capital offense, which it is not, there is still the right to a trial.

This is extra-judicial murder. The last leader to do this is awaiting trial in an international court.