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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rachel Dobkin

Head of US command overseeing Trump ‘drug boat’ strikes steps down after expressing concern with the attacks: report

Admiral Alvin Holsey, the head of the U.S. Southern Command overseeing strikes on what the Trump administration claims are Venezuelan drug boats, has stepped down after expressing concern with the attacks, according to a new report.

Over the past few weeks, Special Operations forces have launched hits on at least five boats off the Venezuelan coast in the Caribbean Sea that the White House claims were transporting drugs. A total of 27 people have been killed in the strikes.

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