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As the U.S. unleashes a series of lethal strikes on cartel drug boats and President Donald Trump declared an "armed conflict" with the cartels , experts gave insight on what Americans can expect to see next in the "quasi-war" taking place at the country’s doorstep.

On Tuesday, Trump announced the U.S. military had carried out another kinetic strike on a suspected drug vessel off the coast of Venezuela, killing six suspected smugglers. This is the fifth of such strikes on a drug boat in the last several weeks and, according to experts, one of the first important steps to decimating the cartels.

The strikes come after the White House sent Congress a memo on Sept. 30 informing them that the U.S. is now participating in a "n

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