Boat Destroyed in Double-Tap Strike Was Not Heading to U.S.

The Trump Administration’s justification for striking a boat in the Caribbean in early September, killing all 11 people on board in multiple strikes, was that it was carrying a cargo of potentially deadly drugs that was headed to the United States.

But that justification appears to have been undermined by a briefing from the commander of that operation before lawmakers on Thursday, who reportedly said the boat in question was heading to the coast of Suriname, where it was planning to transfer its drugs to a larger vessel.

The revelation means the boat was not heading directly to the United States, and that the U.S. was likely not the final destination for its shipment. The U.S. government’s own intelligence has said previously that the majority of drug trafficking routes that go via