Dominican Republic says it seized cocaine that was on speedboat destroyed by U.S. Navy

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Dominican authorities say they have recovered more than 2,200 pounds of cocaine from a speedboat that the U.S. Navy had destroyed.

Human rights groups say the U.S. strikes, which have left more than a dozen dead, amount to extrajudicial killings.

Democratic senators are seeking a resolution to stop further attacks.

BOGOTA, Colombia — Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Sunday they have confiscated some of the cocaine transported by a speedboat that was destroyed recently by the U.S. Navy, as the Trump administration carries out a controversial anti-narcotics mission in the southern Caribbean.

At a news conference, the Dominican Republic’s National Directorate for Drug Co