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The latest attack — which now numbers more than 60 — brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to more than 210.
Of the 57 attacks in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific against boats accused of drug trafficking, there have rarely been survivors.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new sanctions Thursday on Cuba's military-industrial enterprise, its leader and a state-owned natural resources company. Why it matters: The new sanctions show the Trump administration is pushing forward for regime change in Cuba , a long-held goal of Rubio and President Trump. Zoom in: Rubio imposed the sanctions under Trump's May 1 executive order targeting "Those Responsible for Repression in Cuba and for Threats to United States National Security and Foreign Policy." The sanctioned include: - GRUPO DE ADMINISTRACION EMPRESARIAL S.A. Known as GAESA, it is the Cuban military-controlled umbrella enterprise," which Rubio called "the heart of Cuba's kleptocratic communist system" that controls…
The attack, in the eastern Pacific, was part of a continuing campaign by the U.S. Southern Command to target people suspected of smuggling drugs, and raised the overall death toll to at least 156.