US Military Strikes Drug Smugglers in Caribbean

0:00It's April 20th. Canada News Today starts now. AI, powered, and ready. US military forces hit another boat in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday, taking out three people they say were smuggling drugs. This marched the latest in a campaign that kicked off back in early September, racking up at least 181 deaths so far. Strikes have hit vessels in the Caribbean in eastern Pacific, and they've picked up steam over the past week, even with tensions boiling over. Elsewhere, like with Iran. The push comes after a major US military buildup in the region, paving the way for that big raid in January that nabbed in his wayless former president. Nicholas Maduro. He got shipped to New York on trafficking charges and entered a not guilty plea. President Trump frames these as part of an armed fight against cartels flooding drugs into the US, blaming them for deadly overdoses here at home. This pushback hard, doubting the legality, and pointing out zero public proof that any boats actually carried narcotics.

1:01Military brass as Southern Command shared video of the latest blast on X, calling it a strike along prime smuggling pass, but the lack of hard, evidence keeps the debate raging as this aggressive stance rolls on.