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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kelly Rissman

Laura Loomer contradicts Trump administration on deadly ‘narco boat’ strikes

Far-right activist Laura Loomer challenged the Trump administration’s justification for the more than a dozen strikes against Venezuelan boats allegedly carrying drugs.

Since September, U.S. strikes against alleged drug-running vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean have killed more than 80 people, whom the administration has dubbed “narcoterrorists.” President Donald Trump has claimed that the strikes are meant to protect Americans from the spread of fentanyl, the leading cause of overdose deaths in the U.S.

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