As the US military began launching strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean last year, a young Trinidadian man who was in Venezuela for work was searching for a way home, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.

The surface force will net a total of seven Littoral Combat Ships after the Navy shelved plans to decommission the hulls ahead of their expected service lives, USNI News has learned. Service officials speaking earlier this month at the Surface Navy Association said the Navy had reversed plans to decommission five Freedom-class and two Independence-class LCS.

The Trump administration has been hounded with allegations that its ongoing strike campaign against alleged drug boats have violated the laws of war

The US military conducted a strike against another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday, killing two people with one survivor, according to US Southern Command.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck five alleged drug-smuggling boats over two days, killing a total of eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived. U.S. Southern Command, which oversees South America, did not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This screen grab from a video posted on the X account of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) shows a strike on one of three boats alleged to be trafficking drugs on December 30, 2025 (Handout ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military said Wednesday it struck five drug-smuggling boats over two days, killing a total of eight people while others jumped overboard and may have survived. U.S. Southern Command, which oversees South America, did not reveal where ...