Libertarians hardest hit.
“...conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel”
DOD gobbledegook. This “lethal kinetic strike” crap became popular 10 or 20 years ago.
How about a plain-speak “we blew it up!”
Not since Ronald Reagan have druglords had to fear a US president like they do Trump. If Trump can ‘dedrugify’ Latin America it will be one of the greatest achievements of any US president ever.
Updated Love Boat song.
The drug boat
is making another run.
The drug boat,
after the setting Sun.
Look up to see the bright light
and hear
The last blast that
confirms what you really fear.
There’s a new Prez
in charge
since last year.
Drug boats and missiles
don’t really mix.
All those dealers now can’t
supply a fix
for street junkies
we see in all those pix.
US Indicts 4 Colombia ELN Rebels for 2000 Kidnapping
LATIN AMERICA HERALD TRIBUNE ^ | November 8, 2013 | n/a
Posted on 11/13/2013, 4:45:17 AM by Cindy
SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON – Four members of a violent guerilla organization were indicted on Friday on conspiracy and hostage-taking charges stemming from the kidnapping of more than 60 people in Colombia in 2000, including three United States nationals.”
Ecuadorian Caught Smuggling Explosives into Colombia
LATIN AMERICA HERALD TRIBUNE ^ | September 1, 2010 | n/a
Posted on 9/15/2010, 5:10:25 AM by Cindy
SNIPPET: “BOGOTA – Colombian authorities detained an Ecuadorian man who crossed the border with 25 kilos (55 pounds) of explosives officials say were meant for the small ELN rebel group.
The smuggler, Antonio Peña Perugachi, was arrested in Tuquerres, a village in the southern border province of Nariño.
He was carrying 50 packets of pentolite, a high-power explosive, destined for a unit of the National Liberation Army, or ELN, police said in a communique.”
(Excerpt) Read more at laht.com ...
from 2008:
But former rebels say the two main Colombian rebel groups, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and the National Liberation Army, or ELN, buy protection from high-ranking Venezuelan National Guard and army officers, with whom they often also share a leftist ideology.
“Venezuela’s army helps the guerrillas a lot,” said Antonio, who spent 13 years with FARC. Now an informant for Colombia’s military, he asked that his last name be omitted to protect relatives from reprisals.
Antonio was among two FARC and four ELN deserters interviewed by AP who said they moved freely across the frontier, a tangle of thick jungle, wild rivers and rugged mountains.
Well inside Venezuela, Colombian insurgents rest, train, buy arms and uniforms, recover from wounds and process cocaine, according to the rebel deserters, Venezuelan opposition politicians and Colombian officials.
Some top rebel commanders even raise families and educate their children in Venezuela, deserters told AP.…
I voted for this
Rand Paul weeps for the Drug Dealers.