Authorities in the Dominican Republic announced Sunday they have recovered 377 packages of cocaine from a speedboat destroyed by the U.S. Navy in what officials are calling the first joint anti-narcotics operation between the two nations in Caribbean waters.

The vessel was allegedly carrying 1,000 kilograms of cocaine when it was intercepted approximately 80 nautical miles south of Isla Beata, a small Dominican island.

Why It Matters

The White House has vowed to crack down on drug smuggling into the U.S. with drug overdoses, particularly from opioids , killing around 105,000 people in the U.S. during 2023 according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

However, critics have questioned the legality of President Donald Trump 's actions, with the Human Rights Watch watchdog argui

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