What a Reporter Found When She Investigated US Military Strikes on Venezuel

Friday, November 07, 2025

In dozens of interviews in villages on Venezuela's breathtaking northeastern coast, from which some of the boats departed, residents and relatives told Garcia Cano the dead men had indeed been running drugs but were not narco-terrorists, as alleged by the Trump administration, or leaders of a cartel or gang.

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AP reporter Regina Garcia Cano looked into a few of the men killed in Trump's extrajudicial strikes on Caribbean boats. "They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services" apnews.com/article/trum ...

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The rights willingness to tell the most ridiculously transparent lies to continue with shoving vehemently unpopular policies down US citizens throats.

#1 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-11-07 07:52 AM | Reply

"the dead men had indeed been running drugs but were not narco-terrorists"

What crimes against America were they convicted of, that warrants their execution?

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-07 08:11 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

Trump. Is full of bloodlust and so we have dead people, simple as that. Trump's sick ego is killing these people.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-11-07 10:45 AM | Reply

Donald Trump takes pleasure in murder. Emotional pleasure certainly; sexual pleasure possibly. Only death or a righteously enraged citizenry will stop him.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2025-11-07 10:53 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

OIL

#5 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-11-07 11:33 AM | Reply

"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"

We also have a solid lead on who the convicted felon was who terrorized and illegally bombed those boats.

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-07 01:07 PM | Reply

The runners are just people trying to make ends meet, so killing them does not result harm to the cartels in terms of "skilled" human resources.

It's easy to assume the cartels will recruit through coercion when cash doesn't work.

I've always doubted that the U.S. strikes are much of a deterrent at all. If anything, it hurts our side because we look terrible, which in turn helps the cartels and Maduro's regime. This story proves it, imo.

Ignoring the abhorrent moral implications, these strikes are just bad strategy.

#7 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-11-07 01:20 PM | Reply

What crimes against America were they convicted of, that warrants their execution?

#2 | Posted by snoofy

Snoofy, go sit in the corner and let the adults talk, quit asking stupid questions.

If anything, it hurts our side because we look terrible

I dont agree. Something had to be done. Trump is actually doing action. Everyone knows those boats do narco stuff. It's really weird the progressive/Democrats are fighting for it.

#8 | Posted by boaz at 2025-11-07 02:32 PM | Reply

What crimes against America were they convicted of, that warrants their execution?
#2 | Posted by snoofy

Snoofy, go sit in the corner and let the adults talk, quit asking stupid questions.
#8 | POSTED BY BOAZ

Yea Snoofy.

Clearly we're the world police and can kill anyone anywhere at anytime for any reason.

Gosh. What a stupid question.

So Boaz, now that Snoofy isn't paying attention any longer, "What crimes against America were they convicted of, that warrants their execution?"

#9 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-11-07 02:39 PM | Reply

I dont agree. Something had to be done. Trump is actually doing action. Everyone knows those boats do narco stuff. It's really weird the progressive/Democrats are fighting for it.

#8 | Posted by boaz

Dems aren't fighting to protect drug traffickers they're fighting to protect the system of checks and balances and laws. So that JUST IN CASE a psycho tyrant takes office, they can't just start killing whoever they want and then saying it's ok because they were "terrorists."

Can your brain comprehend that?

Doubtful.

By trump's logic, Biden could have labelled all the jan 6th rioters as terrorists and then assassinated them with the military. How would you feel about that?

#10 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-11-07 02:50 PM | Reply

Boaz has the morals of a gutter rat

#11 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-11-07 03:31 PM | Reply

How long before the cartels start manning the boats with children?

That is the next logical step from their perspective

#12 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-11-07 03:33 PM | Reply

@#10 ... Dems aren't fighting to protect drug traffickers they're fighting to protect the system of checks and balances and laws. ...

Worth a repeat.

#13 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-07 03:46 PM | Reply

@#8 ... Something had to be done. ...

I agree.

... Trump is actually doing action. ...