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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,953 posts)
Sat May 16, 2026, 12:19 AM Yesterday

13 men killed by US military boat strikes identified: 'These were flesh-and-blood people'. 200 total killed

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/15/us-military-airstrikes-caribbean-pacific-victim-identities

13 men killed by US military boat strikes identified: ‘These were flesh-and-blood people’

All victims of US strikes in eastern Pacific and the Caribbean identified so far came from extremely poor communities


A five-month investigation has named 13 previously unidentified victims of US attacks on boats allegedly carrying narcotics in a campaign that has killed nearly 200 people in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific.

It is unclear if the US has ever identified any of its 194 victims before attacking them, and the names of just three had previously emerged, after their families launched legal cases against the White House.


Despite the US claim that the strikes are fighting narco-terrorism, what is actually happening is that young people living in extremely precarious conditions, doing whatever work they can to support their families, are being targeted,” said María Teresa Ronderos, director and co-founder of the CLIP.

The investigation also underlined what other reports and security analysts have concluded: that the strikes have not reduced the flow of drugs to the US, but have instead torn apart communities already fractured and weakened by organised crime and state neglect.

“There are communities where they stopped fishing for several weeks – and if they do that, people go hungry – because they were terrified of being bombed,” said Ronderos.
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13 men killed by US military boat strikes identified: 'These were flesh-and-blood people'. 200 total killed (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday OP
The Trump body count AStern Yesterday #1
And Hegseth BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #2
That's murder, plain and simple. Dave Bowman Yesterday #3
And there will be no consequences. chicoescuela Yesterday #4
And he gets away with all of it, every damn thing. Grim Chieftain Yesterday #8
Comes off as Protestants murdering Catholics for sport. Maybe because, that's what it is. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #5
Remember wondering IF they would follow illegal orders? flvegan Yesterday #6
That's what's called Illegal Fucking "orders" Cha Yesterday #7
Trump and his family are known cocaine users. Blues Heron Yesterday #9

Cha

(320,496 posts)
7. That's what's called Illegal Fucking "orders"
Sat May 16, 2026, 01:56 AM
Yesterday

by the PEDO of the USA, Military.

Any regrets killing innocent people because PEDO needs a Distriction?

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