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67 boat strikes. 221 dead. The cocaine hasn’t slowed, officials report.
Operation Southern Spear, claimed by the president to have ended sea-based drug trafficking, faces contradiction from Pentagon and DEA analysts who report ongoing cocaine flows. The operation has resulted in 67 boat strikes and 221 deaths, yet drug trafficking by sea has not slowed.
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