# Inside America’s deadly war on suspected drug boats

https://mins.news/en/video/41976

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-02 12:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y57CfGFCf3U

> Since September 2025, the US military has conducted more than 60 strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, killing over 220 people. The Trump administration says Operation Southern Spear targets “narcoterrorism”, but has disclosed little about those killed, the evidence or how targets were chosen.

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