White House confirms 2nd strike on drug boat

US admiral acting under the authority of Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a second strike that targeted survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug smuggling boat, the White House said Monday.

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The legality of the Trump administration’s strikes against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Pacific has been questioned, and reports of the followup attack on survivors triggered further accusations of a possible war crime.

Venezuela’s leftist leader Nicolas Maduro has accused Washington of using drug trafficking as a pretext for “imposing regime change” in Caracas and rejected a “slave’s peace” for the region, amid mounting fears of US military action.

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