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PBS Newshour

U.S. deploys carrier to Caribbean as drug strikes intensify

Season 2025 Episode 297 | 10m 07s

The Trump administration launched a major military and diplomatic escalation in its new war on drugs, sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America and sanctioning Colombia's president. It comes as the U.S. has increasingly targeted political leaders it opposes across the region, and as the military has launched an unprecedented number of deadly strikes in the Caribbean. Nick Schifrin reports.

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