Why Blowing Up Venezuelan Boats Won’t Stop the Flow of Drugs

Reported by Samuel Granados, Genevieve Glatsky and Annie Correal (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/09/world/americas/drug-trafficking-venezuela.html) The U.S. military has killed at least 21 people in recent strikes on small boats that it says were smuggling drugs off the coast of Venezuela. President Trump justified the attacks by saying the United States is in an “armed […]