The Dominican Republic’s National Directorate for Drug Control said that there were 1,000 kilograms (2,204 lbs) of the illicit drug in 377 different packages.
In a press conference in the Dominican Republic, the Dominican Republic’s National Directorate for Drug Control said that there were 1,000 kilograms (2,204 lbs) of the illicit drug in 377 different packages. The US conducted an airstrike against the boat around 80 nautical miles from the island of Beata, an island belonging to the DR's territory, per the New York Post.
The DR worked with US authorities in order to locate the speedboat carrying the haul of drugs. The traffickers allegedly planned to use the DR as a "bridge" between Venezuela and the US. “This is the first time in history that the United States and the Dominican Republic carry out a joint operation against narco terrorism in the Caribbean,” DR officials said in a statement.
The Trump administration in August sent a fleet of warships as well as a submarine into the southern Caribbean in order to combat drug trafficking. The White House has said that three speedboats carrying drugs to the US have been subject to strikes and over a dozen people have been killed as they were transporting the drugs.
Activist groups, however, have said that the strikes are killings without judicial process. The Trump administration has labeled the drug cartels as well as foreign gangs foreign terrorist organizations, meaning that military strikes can be conducted against them. Two Democrat Senators have also introduced a resolution looking to block the administration from conducting more strikes. Two of the three boats that the White House has ordered to be struck have come from Venezuela. Trump has also described Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro as a drug trafficker and leader of a gang known as the Cartel of the Suns.
Maduro, however, has denied the accusations, and said that sending the fleet of boats into the Caribbean is a targeting of the country.
Powered by The Post Millennial CMS™ Comments
Join and support independent free thinkers!
We’re independent and can’t be cancelled. The establishment media is increasingly dedicated to divisive cancel culture, corporate wokeism, and political correctness, all while covering up corruption from the corridors of power. The need for fact-based journalism and thoughtful analysis has never been greater. When you support The Post Millennial, you support freedom of the press at a time when it's under direct attack. Join the ranks of independent, free thinkers by supporting us today for as little as $1.
Remind me next month
To find out what personal data we collect and how we use it, please visit our Privacy Policy
Comments