"Dominican Republic forces have seized hundreds of cocaine packages from a speedboat that was targeted and destroyed by the United States Navy, officials said, amid escalating anti-drug operations in the Caribbean. In a post on X on Sunday, the Dominican Republic's National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD), the country's drug enforcement agency, said it carried out a joint Dominican-US operation in which they said they recovered 1,000kg (2,200lb) of cocaine in 377 packages."
"The recovery of the drugs comes amid a growing push by the US into the Caribbean to fight drug trafficking, Trump administration officials have said. The US began deploying warships to the southern Caribbean in early September, sending eight ships, drones and an attack submarine. The so-called US war on drugs has been called a great imperial hypocrisy that allows the US to pressure Latin American states, according to critics."
Dominican and United States forces conducted a joint operation that recovered 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) of cocaine packaged into 377 bundles and destroyed the vessel carrying the contraband approximately 80 nautical miles south of Beata Island. The DNCD released footage showing officers boarding the boat and inspecting packaged goods. The DNCD described the event as the first joint operation against narco-terrorism in the Caribbean region. The United States has increased maritime deployments to the southern Caribbean, sending warships, drones and a submarine, and has carried out strikes against suspected smuggling vessels that have killed at least three people. Critics label the campaign an imperial hypocrisy that pressures Latin American states.
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