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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums13 men killed by US military boat strikes identified: 'These were flesh-and-blood people'. 200 total killed
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/15/us-military-airstrikes-caribbean-pacific-victim-identities13 men killed by US military boat strikes identified: These were flesh-and-blood people
All victims of US strikes in eastern Pacific and the Caribbean identified so far came from extremely poor communities
A five-month investigation has named 13 previously unidentified victims of US attacks on boats allegedly carrying narcotics in a campaign that has killed nearly 200 people in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific.
It is unclear if the US has ever identified any of its 194 victims before attacking them, and the names of just three had previously emerged, after their families launched legal cases against the White House.
Despite the US claim that the strikes are fighting narco-terrorism, what is actually happening is that young people living in extremely precarious conditions, doing whatever work they can to support their families, are being targeted, said María Teresa Ronderos, director and co-founder of the CLIP.
The investigation also underlined what other reports and security analysts have concluded: that the strikes have not reduced the flow of drugs to the US, but have instead torn apart communities already fractured and weakened by organised crime and state neglect.
There are communities where they stopped fishing for several weeks and if they do that, people go hungry because they were terrified of being bombed, said Ronderos.
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13 men killed by US military boat strikes identified: 'These were flesh-and-blood people'. 200 total killed (Original Post)
BlueWaveNeverEnd
14 hrs ago
OP
Comes off as Protestants murdering Catholics for sport. Maybe because, that's what it is.
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
13 hrs ago
#5
AStern
(912 posts)1. The Trump body count
nt
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,936 posts)2. And Hegseth
Dave Bowman
(7,435 posts)3. That's murder, plain and simple.
chicoescuela
(3,187 posts)4. And there will be no consequences.
Heck of a job trumpy
Grim Chieftain
(2,009 posts)8. And he gets away with all of it, every damn thing.
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(2,232 posts)5. Comes off as Protestants murdering Catholics for sport. Maybe because, that's what it is.
flvegan
(66,509 posts)6. Remember wondering IF they would follow illegal orders?
Good times, those.
Cha
(320,480 posts)7. That's what's called Illegal Fucking "orders"
by the PEDO of the USA, Military.
Any regrets killing innocent people because PEDO needs a Distriction?
Blues Heron
(9,016 posts)9. Trump and his family are known cocaine users.