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Trump administration’s decision to repatriate survivors of US strike in Caribbean Sea raises red flags

“These cartels are the al Qaeda of the Western Hemisphere,” War Secretary Pete Hegseth said of the organizations accused of controlling the boats being targeted by U.S. strikes. President Donald Trump and his administration informed Congress last month that the United States is in “armed conflict” with drug cartels that are smuggling narcotics into the country, using it as justification for the strike campaign that began last month.