At least one of the U.S. military’s strikes in the Caribbean last month targeted a boat carrying Colombian nationals, new reporting reveals, potentially signalling that President Donald Trump’s military actions in the region have a wider scope than has been previously reported.

CNN reports that the strike on September 19, the third of the five publicly announced strikes in the Caribbean, targeted a vessel that left from Colombia. The publication cited two people who had been briefed on the matter by the Pentagon.

The Pentagon was reportedly unable to assess the identities of the individuals on the boat before the strike, but deemed them to be affiliated with Colombian terrorist groups. The White House has labelled victims of the Pentagon’s Caribbean strikes as terrorists, but has not

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