Trump’s ‘War on Drugs’ Will Work About as Well as the Last One

You can’t bomb your way out of an illicit market.

Members of the United States Marine Corps, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 225, work at José Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 13. November 13, 2025, 12:34 AM Comment icon View Comments ( )

The Trump administration is transforming the decades-old metaphorical “war on drugs” into a literal one—and Venezuela and Colombia are on its front line. Since September, U.S. military aircraft have blown up 19 boats, killing 76 people in extrajudicial strikes. Administration officials claim the boats were transporting drugs from Venezuela and Colombia to the United States. The explosions—some of them visible from the Venezuelan coast—mark a startling es

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