ABCNEWS - US boat strikes likely killed people 'not involved in narcotrafficking', Kaine says
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said that the military has “exceeded” the parameters of President Donald Trump’s orders in striking alleged drug-smuggling vessels.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Report contradicts White House claims of boat strikes
A new report undercuts the Trump administration’s claims Operation Southern Spear has all but eliminated the illegal flow of cocaine into the United States.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Report contradicts White House claims of Operation Southern Spear's success
President Donald Trump has said more than a dozen times that boat strikes have cut maritime drug trafficking by as much as 98%. But a Washington Post investigation has found the strikes have not reduced how much cocaine is reaching the U.S. Instead, it found traffickers have begun using new smuggling strategies and suggests there may be even more cocaine in the U.S. than before the operation began. NewsNation's Brooke Shafer reports. Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national morning newscast hosted by Markie Martin. Weekdays starting at 6a/5C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
STRIPES (Alex Wilson) - Sailor’s fatal fall exposed drug ring aboard aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan | Stars and Stripes
A sailor’s fatal fall sparked a Navy probe that uncovered a drug distribution network aboard USS Ronald Reagan and led to punishment for 58 sailors.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Joseph Addington) - Colombia at the Crossroads
Petro cries fraud in the first round of the Colombian presidential election. The post Colombia at the Crossroads appeared first on The American Conservative .
Latin America Colombia at the Crossroads Petro cries fraud in the first round of the Colombian presidential election. President Gustavo Petro is scrambling to keep Colombia in the hold of the country’s left after voters on Sunday, in the first round of the national elections, sent a sharp message that they are ready to take the country in a new direction. Right-wing populist candidate Abelardo de la Espriella took first place with 43 percent of the vote, a result which Petro declared Sunday “has no binding force.” Petro argued that “hundreds of thousands of votes were added” to the rolls to swing the election, sparking…Open
STRIPES - US strike on alleged drug boat kills 2 in Eastern Pacific | Stars and Stripes
The command said the vessel was operated by “Designated Terrorist Organizations” and that two alleged narco-terrorists were killed in the strike.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - US military kills 6 in strike on alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific | NewsNation Live
The U.S. military said it killed six men Sunday in a strike on an alleged drug smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against alleged traffickers. Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live" with Nichole Berlie. Weekdays starting at 12p/11C. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.