The U.S. military has thousands of troops currently in the Caribbean with thousands more on the way, and experts largely agree the buildup of firepower far exceeds what’s required for the missions they’re currently conducting.

Since the beginning of last month, the military has targeted more than a dozen alleged drug smuggling vessels, killing more than 50 people , but hasn’t publicly released any evidence to prove the people aboard were in fact carrying illegal narcotics.

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