Overview
- The military said intelligence placed the low-profile craft on known narco-trafficking routes but offered no corroborating evidence.
- A short clip shows splashes near the boat, a second salvo, and the stern catching fire before the vessel drifts ablaze.
- Publicly reported totals now indicate at least 105 deaths in 29 known strikes since early September.
- The administration says the campaign aims to curb drug flows and pressure Nicolás Maduro, with the Coast Guard increasing oil-tanker interdictions in the Caribbean.
- U.S. lawmakers and human-rights groups question the strikes’ legality and the lack of evidence that those killed were drug smugglers.