Balogun disclosed that the accident, which occurred three minutes after departure, has left seven dead and many injured. There are reports that the recent boat mishap that claimed at least seven lives ...

Reports emerged later that two survivors were killed after the initial strike. When President Donald Trump and Defense officials revealed on Sept. 2 that the U.S. military killed 11 alleged drug ...

President Donald Trump and his Pentagon chief say U.S. military strikes on suspected drug boats in waters off Latin America are saving lives by preventing narcotics from reaching America’s shores. But ...

When the United States began sinking boats on suspicion of drug trafficking – with no warning, no arrests and no evidence recovered – we crossed a line. These so-called narco-terrorist strikes may be ...

WASHINGTON — The senior military lawyer for the combatant command overseeing lethal strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela disagreed with the Trump administration’s position that the ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Months before the U.S. military began launching airstrikes against suspected drug vessels, former Justice Department No. 2 official Emil Bove told employees the ...

At a Justice Department conference in February, then-acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove told the department's top drug prosecutors that the Trump administration wasn't interested in interdicting ...

The United States has carried out at least 21 strikes on boats the Trump administration accuses of smuggling drugs, killing at least 83 people. By Anushka Patil The U.S. military on Saturday killed ...

MIAMI (AP) — In justifying American military strikes on boats suspected of smuggling drugs, President Donald Trump has asserted that the longtime U.S. strategy of interdicting such vessels at sea has ...

In a collaboration between Latin America and Global Investigations, reporter Regina Garcia Cano and video journalist Juan Arraez took serious risks in getting close to the ground in Venezuela’s Paria ...

Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president’s desired course of action. By Charlie Savage and Julian E. Barnes Reporting from ...

A U.S. aircraft carrier reached the Caribbean as part of the Trump administration’s escalating pressure campaign on Venezuela and its broader effort to combat drug trafficking. In recent months, the U ...